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Deni Mintsaev

2×2 · top 1.7% of 186,767 all-time · competing since November 2013 · 2013MINT01

Deni Mintsaev has been competing for 13 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.40, set at CCC Spring Open 2016, puts him in the top 1.7% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 66th in Russia. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 72 competitions since November 2013, he has put 2,264 official solves on the record across 17 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 59% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 31.83 in November 2013 to 8.67, a 73% improvement. Deni has entered 72 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 1.7% of 186,767 all-time
1.40
signature single · CCC Spring Open 2016
2,264
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 59% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingRussia
2×21.403.16
top 1.7%66 / 4,782
3×3 blindfolded22.2027.51
top 2.0%6 / 310
3×3 Fewest Moves24 moves36.67
top 4.0%4 / 366
3×38.6710.46
top 4.1%137 / 6,475
Pyraminx3.598.17
top 5.8%152 / 3,777
3×3 one-handed15.3818.68
top 8.9%116 / 1,770
4×437.7047.87
top 9.5%112 / 2,080
3×3 Multi-Blind10 of 10 cubes · 45:02—
top 15.7%16 / 98
5×51:24.601:30.48
top 22.9%155 / 941
Skewb5.798.49
top 24.2%382 / 2,264
Clock11.5213.35
top 32.7%150 / 714
6×62:48.643:01.76
top 35.4%90 / 343
4×4 blindfolded6:53.59—
top 35.9%16 / 36
7×74:14.614:31.63
top 35.9%77 / 270
Megaminx1:48.291:56.94
top 39.4%259 / 998
Square-129.3641.48
top 48.2%285 / 759
5×5 blindfolded17:33.00—
early days — 2 solves15 / 23

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

MPEI Open 2013: 31.83Tula Open 2014: 18.33CCC Autumn Open 2014: 14.85MPEI Open 2014: 16.81Vitba Winter 2015: 15.26Moscow Spring Open 2015: 10.60Saint Petersburg Spring Open 2015: 12.87BSTU Open 2015: 11.64CCC End of Summer 2015: 15.03Moscow South-West Open 2015: 13.04Two days in Vitebsk 2015: 12.17MPEI Open 2015: 10.93Moscow Christmas Open 2016: 11.59CCC Spring Open 2016: 10.44SPB Spring Open 2016: 10.31Full Steps in Brest 2016: 10.51CCC Summer Open 2016: 8.67MPEI Open 2016: 11.11Cuberussia in MSK 2017: 12.03SPB Easter Open 2017: 11.02World Rubik's Cube Championship 2017: 12.20Svetlye Gory Open 2017: 10.82MPEI Open 2017: 10.31HSE Open 2018: 10.31CFCTC Open 2018: 11.05YJ Fest 2018: 12.56WCA European Championship 2018: 9.81YJ Fest Belarus 2018: 10.60UK Championship 2018: 10.74Manchester Open 2019: 10.63Chester Open 2019: 10.55YJ Fest Moscow 2019: 11.69WCA World Championship 2019: 10.93CCC Qualification Saratov 2019: 11.14UK Championship 2019: 10.28CCC Qualification Murmansk 2019: 10.78CCC Qualification Kazan 2020: 11.82CCC Qualification SPB 2020: 11.05Doncaster Open 2020: 10.57Manchester Open 2020: 10.91Farnworth Spring B 2022: 13.29Franconia Mini Open B 2023: 10.91Rhein-Neckar Open 2023: 9.94Cubing Returns Munich A 2023: 10.37German Nationals 2023: 9.20Rubik's WCA World Championship 2023: 11.62Bavarian Open 2023: 9.97Franconia Winter 2023: 8.69Franconia Winter 2024: 10.04Wendlinger Würfelwochenende 2024: 9.14Teublitz Open 2024: 10.30Rubik's WCA European Championship 2024: 11.06Rubik's German Nationals 2024: 9.46Rubik's UK Championship 2024: 8.97Rhein-Neckar Winter 2024: 9.303x3 at 3 in Prague 2025: 9.85Swisscubing Cup Final 2025: 12.12Munich Open 2026: 11.098.6731.8323 Nov 201325 Apr 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-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.40 away.
  • A sub-20 3×3 blindfolded single — 166 people have one; it is 2.20 away.

Targets move as he improves.