People · Kazakhstan
Amir Salinov
3×3 · top 5.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since December 2022 · 2022SALI16
Amir Salinov has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.11, set at Almaty Summer 2025, puts him in the top 5.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 73rd in Kazakhstan. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 4 competitions since December 2022, he has put 133 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one, an early reading from 9 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.42 in December 2022 to 9.11, a 41% improvement. Amir has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Kazakhstan | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 9.11 | 10.36 | top 5.1% | 73 / 1,315 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 17.12 | 21.69 | top 12.9% | 57 / 330 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.80 | 12.94 | top 26.2% | 190 / 803 | |
| 2×2 | 4.85 | 6.88 | top 37.4% | 314 / 976 | |
| 4×4 | 1:02.02 | 1:07.63 | top 38.7% | 149 / 415 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 43 moves | 47.67 | early days — 3 solves | 35 / 62 | |
| Skewb | 14.83 | 24.06 | top 77.8% | 306 / 474 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 6:51.95 | — | early days — 1 solve | 35 / 35 |
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
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 15 Aug 2025Four personal bests in one day at Cubing Kazakhstan Nationals 2025.
- 31 May 2025First sub-10 3×3: 9.57 at Almaty Summer 2025.
- 31 May 2025Three personal bests in one day at Almaty Summer 2025.
- 25 Mar 2023First sub-15 3×3: 11.25 at Save Ramir Cubing Kazakhstan 2023.
- 25 Mar 2023Three personal bests in one day at Save Ramir Cubing Kazakhstan 2023.
- 10 Dec 2022First competition: KSF Club Almaty 2022. A 16.62 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Cubing Kazakhstan Nationals 2025 · 15 Aug 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Almaty Summer 2025 · 31 May 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Save Ramir Cubing Kazakhstan 2023 · 25 Mar 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- KSF Club Almaty 2022 · 10 Dec 2022 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Damir Zhanataev — met in 31 rounds, never finished ahead
- Asset Agabekov — met in 30 rounds, finished ahead once
- Azamat Seitbekov (Азамат Сейтбеков) — met in 28 rounds, finished ahead 9 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.11 away.
- A sub-15 3×3 one-handed single — 5,987 people have one; it is 2.12 away.
Targets move as he improves.