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Stefan Nikolovski

Skewb · top 0.3% of 73,281 all-time · competing since November 2013 · 2013NIKO02

Stefan Nikolovski has been competing for 13 years. His best event is the Skewb: a personal-best single of 1.39, set at WCA World Championship 2019, puts him in the top 0.3% of the 73,281 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 15th in Australia. Until October 2015, no official Skewb solve in the world had been that fast. Across 32 competitions since November 2013, he has put 771 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 69% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 57.61 in November 2013 to 13.35, a 77% improvement. Stefan has entered 32 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

Skewb
best event — top 0.3% of 73,281 all-time
1.39
signature single · WCA World Championship 2019
771
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 69% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingAustralia
Skewb1.394.37
top 0.3%15 / 3,534
Pyraminx4.358.73
top 9.4%432 / 5,993
2×22.654.03
top 10.4%783 / 8,567
3×313.3516.64
top 18.7%1,680 / 11,709
3×3 one-handed28.6440.40
top 43.5%1,016 / 2,659
Megaminx2:24.462:43.17
top 58.6%738 / 1,277
4×41:23.471:39.36
top 58.7%1,642 / 3,051

Percentile against all competitors ever ranked in each event, a fairer measure than raw rank, because the pools differ by a factor of ten.

The line so far

Melbourne Cube Day 2013: 57.61Lifestyle Seasons Summer 2014: 45.96Melbourne Summer 2014: 46.19Lifestyle Seasons Winter 2014: 29.16Melbourne Cube Day 2014: 28.96Niddrie 2014: 28.13Lifestyle Seasons Summer 2015: 23.80Melbourne Autumn 2015: 21.53Australian Nationals 2015: 18.56Melbourne Cube Days 2015: 15.28Cubing Classic 2016: 14.81Melbourne Autumn 2016: 14.61Connor's Cube Day 2016: 14.82Cube for Cambodia 2016: 18.21Australian Nationals 2016: 16.44Melbourne Cube Days 2016: 16.10POPS Open 2016: 15.54Lifestyle Seasons Summer 2017: 16.14Cubing Classic 2017: 18.55Cube for Cambodia 2017: 14.93Australian Nationals 2017: 13.35Melbourne Cube Days 2017: 14.58ASFA Speedcubing 2018: 15.24Cube for Cambodia 2018: 18.52St Kevin's College Spring 2018: 17.94Melbourne Cube Days 2018: 16.62Melbourne Summer 2019: 17.65WCA World Championship 2019: 15.09Melbourne Summer 2020: 17.35Melbourne Summer 2022: 17.89North-East Melbourne March Saturday 2026: 16.2913.3557.6116 Nov 20137 Mar 2026

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

Competitions

Reading this page: a single is one solve's time · an average is the middle three of five solves, best and worst discarded · a PB is a personal best · a DNF (did not finish) is an attempt with no valid result: a popped piece, an unsolved face, an over-limit memorisation · top X% compares against everyone ever ranked in that event, which is fairer than raw rank because event pools differ tenfold.

The circuit

The people whose scorecards keep turning up next to his.

  • Tommy Kiprillis — met in 161 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
  • Ben Wakelin — met in 113 rounds, finished ahead 52 times
  • Jack Cai — met in 111 rounds, finished ahead 29 times

Next targets

  • A sub-1 Skewb single — 35 people have one; it is 0.39 away.
  • A sub-4 Pyraminx single — 9,892 people have one; it is 0.35 away.

Targets move as he improves.