People · Kazakhstan
Aral Askarov
3×3 · top 1.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since December 2017 · 2017ASKA02
Aral Askarov has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 6.84, set at Cubing Kazakhstan Nationals 2024, puts him in the top 1.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 12th in Kazakhstan. Until November 2010, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 16 competitions since December 2017, he has put 1,056 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 77% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 17.69 in December 2017 to 6.84, a 61% improvement. Aral has entered 16 competitions, more competitions than 96% 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 | 6.84 | 8.45 | top 1.2% | 12 / 1,315 | |
| 4×4 | 28.15 | 32.77 | top 1.9% | 10 / 415 | |
| Square-1 | 7.27 | 10.99 | top 2.1% | 3 / 140 | |
| 5×5 | 53.58 | 57.19 | top 2.9% | 7 / 216 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 12.11 | 14.79 | top 3.1% | 16 / 330 | |
| 2×2 | 1.83 | 2.48 | top 3.7% | 24 / 976 | |
| 6×6 | 1:39.24 | 1:45.65 | top 3.9% | 3 / 62 | |
| 7×7 | 2:36.87 | 2:45.73 | top 4.9% | 3 / 43 | |
| Pyraminx | 3.45 | 7.16 | top 5.3% | 36 / 803 | |
| Skewb | 3.86 | 5.84 | top 10.0% | 48 / 474 | |
| Megaminx | 1:17.37 | 1:20.63 | top 20.1% | 43 / 243 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 39 moves | 46.33 | top 44.7% | 26 / 62 |
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
- 25 Oct 2024Six personal bests in one day at Cubing Kazakhstan Nationals 2024.
- 3 Nov 2023Three personal bests in one day at Cubing Kazakhstan Nationals 2023.
- 4 Nov 2022Ten personal bests in one day at Cubing Kazakhstan Nationals 2022.
- 11 Aug 2022Seven personal bests in one day at Rubik's WCA Asian Championship 2022.
- 4 Jan 2020Three personal bests in one day at NIS Aktobe Cube Days 2020.
- 28 Jun 2019Seven personal bests in one day at Cubing Semey Open 2019.
Competitions
- Nauryz Almaty 2026 · 23 Mar 2026
- Cubing Kazakhstan Nationals 2024 · 25 Oct 2024 — 6 personal bests set
- Cubing Kazakhstan Nationals 2023 · 3 Nov 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Leovit Anniversary Cubing Kazakhstan 2023 · 20 May 2023 — 1 personal best set
- KSF Club Almaty 2022 · 10 Dec 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Cubing Kazakhstan Nationals 2022 · 4 Nov 2022 — 10 personal bests set
- Rubik's WCA Asian Championship 2022 · 11 Aug 2022 — 7 personal bests set
- NIS Aktobe Cube Days 2020 · 4 Jan 2020 — 3 personal bests set
- Cubing Kazakhstan Nationals 2019 · 26 Oct 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- CCC Qualification Saratov 2019 · 24 Aug 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Cubing Semey Open 2019 · 28 Jun 2019 — 7 personal bests set
- KSF Aktobe City 2019 · 5 Jan 2019 — 8 personal bests set
- Cubing Kazakhstan Nationals 2018 · 27 Oct 2018 — 6 personal bests set
- Saratov Open 2018 · 8 Sep 2018 — 10 personal bests set
- Aktobe Cube Days 2018 · 3 Mar 2018 — 9 personal bests set
- Saratov Winter Open 2017 · 9 Dec 2017 — 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.
- Ruslan Kazin (Руслан Казин) — met in 171 rounds, finished ahead 88 times · head to head
- Damir Zhanataev — met in 142 rounds, finished ahead 70 times
- Asset Agabekov — met in 118 rounds, finished ahead 58 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 0.84 away.
- A sub-25 4×4 single — 588 people have one; it is 3.15 away.
Targets move as he improves.