People · Azerbaijan
Royal Shabanov
Pyraminx · top 3.6% of 129,321 all-time · competing since May 2022 · 2022SHAB02
Royal Shabanov has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 2.98, set at ADA Fall 2023, puts him in the top 3.6% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2nd in Azerbaijan. Until February 2008, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 11 competitions since May 2022, he has put 386 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 59% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 19.55 in May 2022 to 10.12, a 48% improvement. Royal has entered eleven competitions, more competitions than 93% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Azerbaijan | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 2.98 | 5.10 | top 3.6% | 2 / 188 | |
| 3×3 | 10.12 | 12.56 | top 7.8% | 14 / 367 | |
| Skewb | 4.32 | 7.30 | top 13.1% | 6 / 93 | |
| 2×2 | 2.99 | 4.14 | top 14.1% | 24 / 191 | |
| 4×4 | 42.88 | 50.16 | top 15.6% | 5 / 90 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 43 moves | — | early days — 2 solves | 4 / 20 | |
| 5×5 | 3:03.00 | 3:15.78 | top 79.0% | 20 / 44 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 1:07.03 | 1:13.83 | top 87.6% | 70 / 93 |
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 2025Three personal bests in one day at New Year's Eve in Baku 2025.
- 9 Sep 2023Three personal bests in one day at ADA Fall 2023.
- 17 Jul 2022First sub-15 3×3: 12.16 at Azerbaijan Nationals 2022.
- 21 May 2022First competition: Minx Open AM 2022. A 19.55 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- ACA Cube Fest Baku 2026 · 17 Jul 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Sumgait Summer Open 2026 · 26 Jun 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- ACA 11th Anniversary Baku 2026 · 25 Apr 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- New Year's Eve in Baku 2025 · 21 Dec 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Baku Fall Open 2025 · 26 Oct 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Eagle of the East Azerbaijan 2024 · 17 Feb 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- ADA Fall 2023 · 9 Sep 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- ADA Open 2023 · 18 Mar 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Azerbaijan Nationals 2022 · 17 Jul 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Yay Yarışları - Bakı 2022 · 18 Jun 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Minx Open AM 2022 · 21 May 2022
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 68 rounds, finished ahead 50 times
- Ali Aliyev — met in 54 rounds, finished ahead 33 times
- Fazil Quliyev — met in 53 rounds, finished ahead 23 times
Next targets
- A sub-2 Pyraminx single — 1,476 people have one; it is 0.98 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.12 away.
Targets move as he improves.