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Rəsul Ağababayev

3×3 · top 4.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2018 · 2018AGAB01

Rəsul Ağababayev has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.88, set at Azerbaijan Nationals 2023, puts him in the top 4.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 5th in Azerbaijan. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 11 competitions since April 2018, he has put 352 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 87% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 12.70 in April 2018 to 8.88, a 30% improvement. He has entered eleven competitions, more competitions than 93% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 4.6% of 284,439 all-time
8.88
signature single · Azerbaijan Nationals 2023
352
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 87% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingAzerbaijan
3×38.8810.67
top 4.6%5 / 367
2×22.344.82
top 7.4%11 / 191
Pyraminx5.427.83
top 15.9%23 / 188
4×443.2252.55
top 16.0%7 / 90
Skewb7.8114.62
top 39.8%33 / 93
3×3 one-handed28.6331.73
top 43.5%20 / 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

Baku Higher Oil School 2018: 12.70Winter Warmup Baku 2019: 11.42Eagle of the East Azerbaijan 2019: 12.20Baku Open 2019: 9.77ACA League I 2019: 10.66Baku Summer 2019: 10.46Baku Engineering University 2019: 11.85ACA 7th Anniversary 2022: 9.11Minx Open AM 2022: 10.76Azerbaijan Nationals 2022: 9.04Azerbaijan Nationals 2023: 8.888.8812.7021 Apr 201818 Nov 2023

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

Competitions

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.

Next targets

  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.88 away.
  • A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.34 away.

Targets move as he improves.