People · Russia
Nail Aminev
3×3 · top 4.6% of 288,433 all-time · competing since April 2017 · 2017AMIN01
Nail Aminev has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.89, set at CCC Qualification SPB 2020, puts him in the top 4.6% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 161st in Russia. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 17 competitions since April 2017, he has put 270 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 66% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.14 in April 2017 to 8.89, a 41% improvement. Nail has entered 17 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Russia | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 8.89 | 10.91 | top 4.6% | 161 / 6,485 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 22.29 | 32.16 | top 26.9% | 430 / 1,772 | |
| 4×4 | 55.91 | 1:08.53 | top 31.9% | 520 / 2,085 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 37 moves | — | early days — 1 solve | 109 / 367 | |
| 2×2 | 5.15 | 6.87 | top 41.2% | 1,686 / 4,788 | |
| Skewb | 9.74 | 13.87 | top 53.3% | 972 / 2,264 | |
| Pyraminx | 10.55 | 11.60 | top 57.2% | 2,165 / 3,784 | |
| 5×5 | 2:17.90 | 2:29.88 | top 60.0% | 514 / 942 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 5:00.78 | — | early days — 1 solve | 226 / 310 |
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
- 1 Feb 2020First sub-10 3×3: 8.89 at CCC Qualification SPB 2020.
- 1 Jul 2017First sub-15 3×3: 13.98 at LETI Open 2017.
- 1 Jul 2017Four personal bests in one day at LETI Open 2017.
- 15 Apr 2017First competition: SPB Easter Open 2017. A 18.25 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Frenaros Scrambled Potatoes 2026 · 27 Sep 2026
- Cyprus Cubing League III 2025 · 20 Sep 2025
- Cyprus Cubing League II 2025 · 24 May 2025
- Cyprus Cubing League I 2025 · 8 Mar 2025
- Kolla Spring Cup 2024 · 11 May 2024
- Dubai Open 2024 · 27 Apr 2024
- Kolla Winter Cup 2024 · 27 Jan 2024
- Kolla Summer Cup 2023 · 8 Jul 2023
- Cyprus Championship 2022 · 24 Sep 2022
- CCC Qualification SPB 2020 · 1 Feb 2020 — 1 personal best set
- Welcome to Academy 2018 · 3 Nov 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Speedcubes Fest in SPB 2018 · 29 Sep 2018
- SPB Island 2018 · 12 May 2018
- CFCTC Open 2018 · 31 Mar 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- SPB Championship 2017 · 27 Oct 2017 — 1 personal best set
- LETI Open 2017 · 1 Jul 2017 — 4 personal bests set
- SPB Easter Open 2017 · 15 Apr 2017 — 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.
- Pavel Galaktionov — met in 38 rounds, finished ahead once
- Farid Mikhailov — met in 38 rounds, never finished ahead
- Nikolay Vasilyev — met in 36 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 0.89 away.
- A sub-20 3×3 one-handed single — 15,318 people have one; it is 2.29 away.
Targets move as he improves.