People · Kazakhstan
Maksat Amantaev (Максат Амантаев)
3×3 · top 7.8% of 288,433 all-time · competing since October 2017 · 2017AMAN04
Maksat Amantaev (Максат Амантаев) has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.09, set at Haileybury Astana Open 2026, puts him in the top 7.8% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 100th in Kazakhstan. Until May 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 10 competitions since October 2017, he has put 191 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 18% around a typical one; 98% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. That figure sets aside his 8 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 22.36 in October 2017 to 10.09, a 55% improvement. Maksat has entered ten competitions, more competitions than 92% 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 | 10.09 | 13.88 | top 7.8% | 100 / 1,325 | |
| 2×2 | 2.86 | 4.21 | top 12.7% | 124 / 988 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.44 | 15.13 | top 16.1% | 116 / 812 | |
| Skewb | 4.76 | 9.37 | top 16.4% | 65 / 478 | |
| 4×4 | 49.87 | 1:05.26 | top 24.7% | 98 / 422 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 26.52 | 34.63 | top 38.2% | 139 / 338 | |
| 5×5 | 2:20.93 | — | top 61.6% | 127 / 216 | |
| Megaminx | 2:45.66 | 3:07.87 | top 68.5% | 149 / 247 | |
| Square-1 | 1:55.21 | — | early days — 1 solve | 137 / 141 |
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
- 16 May 2026Three personal bests in one day at Astana Spring 2026.
- 5 Apr 2026First sub-15 3×3: 12.84 at NxNxN in Astana 2026.
- 5 Apr 2026Three personal bests in one day at NxNxN in Astana 2026.
- 27 Oct 2018First sub-20 3×3: 17.57 at Cubing Kazakhstan Nationals 2018.
- 8 Oct 2017First competition: Kazakhstan Open 2017. A 23.74 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Astana NxNxN 2026 · 13 Sep 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Astana Non-Cube 2026 · 12 Sep 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- FMC Astana Summer 2026 · 14 Jul 2026
- KILC Cubing 2026 · 9 Jul 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Astana Spring 2026 · 16 May 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Haileybury Astana Open 2026 · 26 Apr 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- NxNxN in Astana 2026 · 5 Apr 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Astana Spring 2025 · 29 Mar 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Cubing Kazakhstan Nationals 2018 · 27 Oct 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Kazakhstan Open 2017 · 8 Oct 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.
- Damir Zhanataev — met in 49 rounds, never finished ahead
- Aidar Nadir — met in 38 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Alisher Kurmash — met in 38 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,606 people have one; it is 0.09 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 9,039 people have one; it is 0.86 away.
Targets move as he improves.