People · Kazakhstan
Maksat Amantaev (Максат Амантаев)
3×3 · top 7.7% of 284,439 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 7.7% of the 284,439 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 8 competitions since October 2017, he has put 156 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one; 93% of the 35,811 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 eight competitions, more competitions than 90% 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 7.7% | 100 / 1,315 | |
| 2×2 | 2.86 | 4.21 | top 12.7% | 123 / 976 | |
| Skewb | 5.84 | 9.37 | top 24.5% | 89 / 474 | |
| 4×4 | 49.87 | 1:05.26 | top 24.5% | 98 / 415 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.81 | 16.41 | top 26.3% | 191 / 803 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 31.98 | 34.63 | top 51.1% | 176 / 330 | |
| 5×5 | 2:38.35 | — | top 69.7% | 141 / 216 |
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
- 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 40 rounds, never finished ahead
- Aidar Nadir — met in 29 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Alisher Kurmash — met in 29 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.09 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.86 away.
Targets move as he improves.