Saturday 24 October 2026 Rebuilt nightly from the WCA's official results · export of 24 October 2026 · About
The Middle Three
People → Head to head

Head to head

Nikita Loika vs Pavel Yushkevich

Two careers, 630 shared rounds, one running count. Everything below comes from the official results the two of them posted in the same rounds of the same competitions.

Nikita Loika (Belarus) and Pavel Yushkevich (Belarus) have met in 630 rounds across 59 competitions since 2013. Counting every round where both finished with a result, Pavel Yushkevich leads Nikita Loika: 487 finishes in front to 142 and 1 tie.

On personal bests the split is just as plain: across 15 shared events, Pavel Yushkevich holds the faster single in 10, Nikita Loika in 5.

Personal bests, side by side

faster single in bold
EventNikita Loika singleaveragePavel Yushkevich singleaverage
3×36.9110.046.378.71
2×21.532.831.042.79
4×430.8738.0830.1735.76
5×51:08.681:16.8958.411:10.86
6×63:37.924:01.951:59.632:04.29
7×72:52.563:08.812:52.232:58.39
3×3 blindfolded1:18.271:38.742:53.033:29.61
3×3 Fewest Moves26 moves29.0023 moves27.00
3×3 one-handed14.2018.978.9413.01
Clock5.417.788.258.98
Megaminx1:10.341:16.671:03.011:17.80
Pyraminx2.554.773.334.71
Skewb3.254.513.855.86
Square-118.3821.0916.5522.75
3×3 Multi-Blind6 of 6 cubes · 47:24—2 of 3 cubes · 29:46—

Year by year

every meeting, 630 rounds in all
20132026busiest year: 106 meetings2013: 92014: 852015: 1062016: 512017: 432018: 742019: 992020: 132023: 322024: 412025: 362026: 41

Recent meetings

newest first · averages where the round ranked on one, singles otherwise
YearCompetitionEventRoundNikita LoikaPavel Yushkevichahead
2026Cube4fun Szansa Cubing Warsaw 20262×2First round3.634.70Nikita Loika
2026Cube4fun Szansa Cubing Warsaw 20263×3Second round10.059.61Pavel Yushkevich
2026Cube4fun Szansa Cubing Warsaw 20263×3First round11.789.81Pavel Yushkevich
2026Cube4fun Szansa Cubing Warsaw 20264×4Final42.5437.72Pavel Yushkevich
2026Cube4fun Szansa Cubing Warsaw 2026SkewbFinal8.998.02Pavel Yushkevich
2026WLS Czerwiec 20263×3Final10.949.84Pavel Yushkevich
2026WLS Czerwiec 2026MegaminxFinal1:19.641:21.26Nikita Loika
2026WLS Maj 20262×2Final3.904.15Nikita Loika
2026Cube4fun Double Weekend Warsaw 20262×2First round5.313.59Pavel Yushkevich
2026Cube4fun Double Weekend Warsaw 20263×3Second round10.5710.29Pavel Yushkevich
2026Cube4fun Double Weekend Warsaw 20263×3First round10.539.10Pavel Yushkevich
2026Cube4fun Double Weekend Warsaw 20264×4First round40.6436.14Pavel Yushkevich
2026Cube4fun Double Weekend Warsaw 2026PyraminxFirst round6.939.03Nikita Loika
2026Cube4fun Double Weekend Warsaw 2026SkewbFirst round8.198.71Nikita Loika

Full careers: Nikita Loika · Pavel Yushkevich. A meeting is a round of one event at one competition where both finished with a counted result. Who finished ahead follows official placing in the round: rounds played to an average are won on the average, best-of rounds on the single.