People · Kazakhstan
Damir Issakov
3×3 · top 0.22% of 284,439 all-time · competing since October 2018 · 2018ISAK06
Damir Issakov has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 5.43, set at Central Asian Tour Astana 2025, puts him in the top 0.22% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2nd in Kazakhstan. Until April 2015, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 37 competitions since October 2018, he has put 1,861 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one; 90% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 20.46 in October 2018 to 5.43, a 73% improvement. Damir has entered 37 competitions, more competitions than 99% 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 | 5.43 | 7.39 | top 0.22% | 2 / 1,315 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 8.98 | 12.43 | top 0.5% | 2 / 330 | |
| 4×4 | 24.66 | 29.61 | top 0.62% | 2 / 415 | |
| Square-1 | 7.01 | 10.34 | top 1.8% | 2 / 140 | |
| 5×5 | 52.41 | 1:02.96 | top 2.5% | 6 / 216 | |
| 2×2 | 1.67 | 2.33 | top 2.9% | 16 / 976 | |
| Skewb | 2.96 | 6.48 | top 4.8% | 25 / 474 | |
| Pyraminx | 3.73 | 5.61 | top 6.4% | 47 / 803 | |
| Clock | 7.21 | 11.21 | top 11.8% | 20 / 135 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 32 moves | 37.67 | top 20.4% | 9 / 62 | |
| Megaminx | 1:19.67 | 1:29.21 | top 21.5% | 51 / 243 |
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
- 10 May 2025Three personal bests in one day at QBERS League In Astana 2025.
- 29 Mar 2025Four personal bests in one day at Astana Spring 2025.
- 15 Feb 2025Three personal bests in one day at Central Asian Tour Bishkek 2025.
- 9 Dec 2023Three personal bests in one day at Astana Open 2023.
- 3 Nov 2023Four personal bests in one day at Cubing Kazakhstan Nationals 2023.
- 7 Oct 2023Four personal bests in one day at Pavlodar Open 2023.
Competitions
- Kyrgyzstan Nationals 2026 · 18 Jul 2026
- KILC Cubing 2026 · 9 Jul 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Astana Spring 2026 · 16 May 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Haileybury Astana Open 2026 · 26 Apr 2026
- FMC Central Asia 2026 · 25 Apr 2026
- NxNxN in Astana 2026 · 5 Apr 2026
- PBQ in Astana 2026 · 4 Apr 2026
- Nauryz Almaty 2026 · 23 Mar 2026
- Help Danelia Cubing Kazakhstan 2026 · 14 Mar 2026
- Astana Open 2025 · 29 Nov 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Cubing Kazakhstan Nationals 2025 · 15 Aug 2025
- Summer in Bishkek 2025 · 7 Jun 2025
- Almaty Summer 2025 · 31 May 2025 — 1 personal best set
- QBERS League In Astana 2025 · 10 May 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Pavlodar Open 2025 · 3 May 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Astana Spring 2025 · 29 Mar 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Central Asian Tour Bishkek 2025 · 15 Feb 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Central Asian Tour Astana 2025 · 8 Feb 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Cubing Kazakhstan Nationals 2024 · 25 Oct 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- 24 Hours Warm Up in Astana 2024 · 19 Oct 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Welcome to Bishkek 2024 · 23 Aug 2024 — 1 personal best set
- FMC 2024 · 1 Jun 2024
- Astana Spring 2024 · 20 Apr 2024
- Tashkent Open 2024 · 24 Feb 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Burabay Open 2024 · 10 Feb 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Astana Open 2023 · 9 Dec 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Cubing Kazakhstan Nationals 2023 · 3 Nov 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- Please Be Quiet in Astana 2023 · 28 Oct 2023
- Pavlodar Open 2023 · 7 Oct 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- Rudny Open 2023 · 19 Aug 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- KSF Open 2023 · 8 Jul 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Leovit Anniversary Cubing Kazakhstan 2023 · 20 May 2023 — 6 personal bests set
- Cubing Kazakhstan Nationals 2022 · 4 Nov 2022 — 10 personal bests set
- Rubik's WCA Asian Championship 2022 · 11 Aug 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Cubing Khan Shatyr Open 2022 · 24 Mar 2022 — 4 personal bests set
- KSF Nur-Sultan City 2019 · 27 Apr 2019
- Cubing Kazakhstan Nationals 2018 · 27 Oct 2018 — 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 386 rounds, finished ahead 132 times
- Asset Agabekov — met in 235 rounds, finished ahead 79 times
- Diasbek Zhuraev (Диасбек Жураев) — met in 161 rounds, finished ahead 73 times
Next targets
- A sub-5 3×3 single — 344 people have one; it is 0.43 away.
- A sub-8 3×3 one-handed single — 151 people have one; it is 0.98 away.
Targets move as he improves.