People · Kazakhstan
Maxim Li
3×3 · top 4.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since May 2025 · 2025LIMA08
Maxim Li has been competing for a year. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.87, set at Cubing Kazakhstan Nationals 2026, puts him in the top 4.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 61st in Kazakhstan. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 6 competitions since May 2025, he has put 334 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 76% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 3 DNFs. His 3×3 one-handed best has come down from 19.49 in May 2025 to 14.39, a 26% improvement. Maxim has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% 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 | 8.87 | 11.21 | top 4.6% | 61 / 1,315 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 14.39 | 16.00 | top 6.9% | 32 / 330 | |
| 2×2 | 2.68 | 4.14 | top 10.7% | 103 / 976 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.59 | 7.84 | top 10.8% | 83 / 803 | |
| 4×4 | 39.02 | 43.35 | top 11.0% | 52 / 415 | |
| 5×5 | 1:37.86 | 1:54.26 | top 33.7% | 67 / 216 | |
| Square-1 | 23.72 | 32.43 | top 36.3% | 48 / 140 | |
| Skewb | 8.32 | 14.20 | top 43.7% | 150 / 474 | |
| Clock | 16.82 | 20.68 | top 54.8% | 72 / 135 | |
| Megaminx | 2:43.31 | — | top 67.4% | 143 / 243 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 51 moves | — | early days — 1 solve | 47 / 62 | |
| 6×6 | 5:03.74 | — | early days — 1 solve | 54 / 62 |
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 one-handed. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 21 Aug 2026Three personal bests in one day at Cubing Kazakhstan Nationals 2026.
- 19 Jun 2026Six personal bests in one day at Uzbekistan Nationals 2026.
- 23 Mar 2026Three personal bests in one day at Nauryz Almaty 2026.
- 3 Jan 2026First sub-10 3×3: 9.42 at Almaty New Year 2026.
- 3 Jan 2026Three personal bests in one day at Almaty New Year 2026.
- 15 Aug 2025Nine personal bests in one day at Cubing Kazakhstan Nationals 2025.
Competitions
- Cubing Kazakhstan Nationals 2026 · 21 Aug 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Uzbekistan Nationals 2026 · 19 Jun 2026 — 6 personal bests set
- Nauryz Almaty 2026 · 23 Mar 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Almaty New Year 2026 · 3 Jan 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Cubing Kazakhstan Nationals 2025 · 15 Aug 2025 — 9 personal bests set
- Almaty Summer 2025 · 31 May 2025 — 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.
- Azamat Seitbekov (Азамат Сейтбеков) — met in 69 rounds, finished ahead 30 times
- Damir Zhanataev — met in 62 rounds, finished ahead once
- Diasbek Zhuraev (Диасбек Жураев) — met in 60 rounds, finished ahead twice
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.87 away.
- A sub-12 3×3 one-handed single — 2,187 people have one; it is 2.39 away.
Targets move as he improves.