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Ali Aliyev

Pyraminx · top 7.1% of 129,321 all-time · competing since April 2018 · 2018ALIY01

Ali Aliyev has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 3.88, set at ACA League Final - Baku 2024, puts him in the top 7.1% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 9th in Azerbaijan. Until February 2008, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 26 competitions since April 2018, he has put 776 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 86% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 36.79 in April 2018 to 13.25, a 64% improvement. Ali has entered 26 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

Pyraminx
best event — top 7.1% of 129,321 all-time
3.88
signature single · ACA League Final - Baku 2024
776
official solves on the record
15%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 86% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingAzerbaijan
Pyraminx3.886.19
top 7.1%9 / 188
2×22.383.86
top 7.8%13 / 191
Skewb4.817.62
top 16.7%7 / 93
3×313.2516.78
top 18.3%47 / 367
3×3 one-handed26.6934.05
top 38.6%17 / 93
4×41:02.801:15.29
top 39.5%23 / 90
Megaminx2:50.833:15.02
top 70.6%19 / 52
3×3 Fewest Moves64 moves—
early days — 3 solves18 / 20

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

Minx Open 2018: 36.79Shamkir Open 2018: 38.31Warden of the West Azerbaijan 2018: 24.55Warden of the West Azerbaijan 2019: 21.51ACA League II 2019: 19.00ACA League Final 2019: 19.39Warden of the West Azerbaijan 2020: 17.38ACA 7th Anniversary 2022: 14.69Minx Open PM 2022: 17.95Yay Yarışları - Lənkəran 2022: 15.25Yay Yarışları - Bakı 2022: 15.87Azerbaijan Nationals 2022: 14.50ADA Open 2023: 16.40Azerbaijan Nationals 2023: 14.64Eagle of the East Azerbaijan 2024: 14.57ACA League I - Sumgait 2024: 14.76ACA League II - Ganja 2024: 16.00ACA League Final - Baku 2024: 13.65Baku Fall Open 2025: 14.29Ganja NxN Day 2025: 14.67New Year's Eve in Baku 2025: 16.34Sumgait Spring Open 2026: 14.08ACA 11th Anniversary Baku 2026: 15.96Sumgait Summer Open 2026: 14.38ACA Cube Fest Baku 2026: 13.25Eagle of the East Baku 2026: 14.3513.2538.3129 Apr 20187 Aug 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.

Next targets

  • A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 0.88 away.
  • A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.38 away.

Targets move as he improves.