People · Azerbaijan
Mirza Mursalov
3×3 · top 6.6% of 288,433 all-time · competing since September 2023 · 2023MURS01
Mirza Mursalov has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.66, set at New Year's Eve in Baku 2025, puts him in the top 6.6% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 9th in Azerbaijan. Until November 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 12 competitions since September 2023, he has put 394 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 83% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.03 in September 2023 to 9.66, a 36% improvement. Mirza has entered twelve 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 9.66 | 12.42 | top 6.6% | 9 / 370 | |
| 4×4 | 40.24 | 48.86 | top 12.5% | 4 / 90 | |
| Skewb | 4.31 | 5.94 | top 13.1% | 5 / 94 | |
| 2×2 | 3.40 | 5.02 | top 19.0% | 37 / 192 | |
| Megaminx | 1:23.04 | 1:28.00 | top 23.8% | 3 / 56 | |
| 5×5 | 1:30.81 | 1:43.66 | top 28.1% | 5 / 44 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.87 | 10.41 | top 35.2% | 60 / 192 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 28.73 | 31.32 | top 43.8% | 21 / 93 | |
| Square-1 | 50.30 | 1:41.44 | top 76.4% | 14 / 19 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 60 moves | — | early days — 1 solve | 16 / 21 |
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
- 21 Dec 2025First sub-10 3×3: 9.66 at New Year's Eve in Baku 2025.
- 21 Dec 2025Three personal bests in one day at New Year's Eve in Baku 2025.
- 28 Sep 2024Three personal bests in one day at ACA League Final - Baku 2024.
- 6 Jul 2024Four personal bests in one day at ACA League I - Sumgait 2024.
- 17 Feb 2024Five personal bests in one day at Eagle of the East Azerbaijan 2024.
- 18 Nov 2023First sub-15 3×3: 14.52 at Azerbaijan Nationals 2023.
Competitions
- Sumgait Fall Open 2026 · 19 Sep 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Eagle of the East Baku 2026 · 7 Aug 2026
- ACA Cube Fest Baku 2026 · 17 Jul 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- New Year's Eve in Baku 2025 · 21 Dec 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Ganja NxN Day 2025 · 16 Nov 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Baku Fall Open 2025 · 26 Oct 2025 — 1 personal best set
- ACA League Final - Baku 2024 · 28 Sep 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- ACA League II - Ganja 2024 · 3 Aug 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- ACA League I - Sumgait 2024 · 6 Jul 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Eagle of the East Azerbaijan 2024 · 17 Feb 2024 — 5 personal bests set
- Azerbaijan Nationals 2023 · 18 Nov 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- ADA Fall 2023 · 9 Sep 2023 — 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.
- Sabir Mammedzade — met in 78 rounds, finished ahead 43 times
- Huseyn Eyvazli — met in 73 rounds, finished ahead 42 times
- Ali Aliyev — met in 64 rounds, finished ahead 32 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 1.66 away.
- A sub-40 4×4 single — 10,370 people have one; it is 0.24 away.
Targets move as he improves.