People · Azerbaijan
Ilkin Karimli
2×2 · top 10.0% of 189,179 all-time · competing since February 2024 · 2024KARI01
Ilkin Karimli has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.60, set at Ganja NxN Day 2025, puts him in the top 10.0% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 17th in Azerbaijan. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 13 competitions since February 2024, he has put 381 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 53% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.75 in February 2024 to 11.60, a 21% improvement. Ilkin has entered 13 competitions, more competitions than 94% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Azerbaijan | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 2.60 | 4.83 | top 10.0% | 17 / 192 | |
| 3×3 | 11.60 | 14.32 | top 12.6% | 28 / 370 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.24 | 9.68 | top 21.8% | 35 / 192 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 31.86 | 37.61 | top 51.0% | 30 / 93 | |
| 4×4 | 1:17.33 | 1:33.41 | top 53.7% | 34 / 90 | |
| Skewb | 10.12 | 16.30 | top 55.7% | 45 / 94 | |
| Clock | 24.32 | 28.13 | top 75.4% | 8 / 9 | |
| 5×5 | 4:39.09 | — | early days — 2 solves | 34 / 44 |
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
- 6 Jul 2024Five personal bests in one day at ACA League I - Sumgait 2024.
- 17 Feb 2024First competition: Eagle of the East Azerbaijan 2024. A 14.90 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Sumgait Fall Open 2026 · 19 Sep 2026
- Eagle of the East Baku 2026 · 7 Aug 2026
- ACA Cube Fest Baku 2026 · 17 Jul 2026
- Sumgait Summer Open 2026 · 26 Jun 2026
- ACA 11th Anniversary Baku 2026 · 25 Apr 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Sumgait Spring Open 2026 · 19 Mar 2026
- New Year's Eve in Baku 2025 · 21 Dec 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Ganja NxN Day 2025 · 16 Nov 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Baku Fall Open 2025 · 26 Oct 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- ACA League Final - Baku 2024 · 28 Sep 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- ACA League II - Ganja 2024 · 3 Aug 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- ACA League I - Sumgait 2024 · 6 Jul 2024 — 5 personal bests set
- Eagle of the East Azerbaijan 2024 · 17 Feb 2024 — 2 personal bests 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.
- Sabir Mammedzade — met in 81 rounds, finished ahead 7 times · head to head
- Huseyn Eyvazli — met in 73 rounds, finished ahead 16 times
- Ali Aliyev — met in 72 rounds, finished ahead 22 times
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 9,039 people have one; it is 0.60 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,606 people have one; it is 1.60 away.
Targets move as he improves.