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Nikita Loika vs Pavel Yushkevich

Two careers, 625 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 625 rounds across 58 competitions since 2013. Counting every round where both finished with a result, Pavel Yushkevich leads Nikita Loika: 483 finishes in front to 141 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 · 47:242 of 3 cubes · 29:46

Year by year

every meeting, 625 rounds in all
20132026busiest year: 106 meetings2013: 92014: 852015: 1062016: 512017: 432018: 742019: 992020: 132023: 322024: 412025: 362026: 36

Recent meetings

newest first · averages where the round ranked on one, singles otherwise
YearCompetitionEventRoundNikita LoikaPavel Yushkevichahead
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 20263×3First round10.539.10Pavel Yushkevich
2026Cube4fun Double Weekend Warsaw 20263×3Second round10.5710.29Pavel 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
2026Drammen Open 20262×2Final3.864.23Nikita Loika
2026Drammen Open 20262×2First round3.542.90Pavel Yushkevich
2026Drammen Open 20262×2Second round3.384.17Nikita Loika
2026Drammen Open 20263×3Second round10.179.48Pavel Yushkevich
2026Drammen Open 20263×3First round10.679.95Pavel Yushkevich

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.