People · Sweden
Zakhar Minkov
2×2 · top 7.9% of 186,767 all-time · competing since September 2021 · 2021MINK01
Zakhar Minkov has been competing for 5 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.39, set at Solvermalm 2026, puts him in the top 7.9% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 256th in Sweden. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 15 competitions since September 2021, he has put 305 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 82% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. That figure sets aside his 7 DNFs. His 2×2 best has come down from 8.64 in September 2021 to 2.39, a 72% improvement. Zakhar has entered 15 competitions, more competitions than 95% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Sweden | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 2.39 | 4.34 | top 7.9% | 256 / 2,325 | |
| 3×3 | 10.19 | 13.15 | top 8.0% | 227 / 2,925 | |
| 4×4 | 1:21.45 | — | early days — 2 solves | 499 / 1,120 | |
| Pyraminx | 10.67 | 12.51 | top 58.1% | 1,092 / 1,730 | |
| Clock | 20.61 | 31.52 | top 66.5% | 357 / 546 | |
| Square-1 | 44.69 | — | early days — 2 solves | 288 / 427 | |
| Skewb | 13.96 | 21.40 | top 74.6% | 871 / 1,173 |
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, 2×2. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 10 May 2025First sub-15 3×3: 12.43 at Kublördag Västerås VIII - 2025.
- 10 May 2025Four personal bests in one day at Kublördag Västerås VIII - 2025.
- 28 Oct 2022First sub-20 3×3: 19.67 at Swedish Championship 2022.
- 28 Oct 2022Three personal bests in one day at Swedish Championship 2022.
- 5 Sep 2021First competition: Flen - Lilla Manschetten 2021. A 23.02 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Nordic & Swedish Championship 2026 · 1 May 2026
- Solvermalm 2026 · 14 Mar 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Kublördag Västerås VIII - 2025 · 10 May 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Stockholmsligan Nne - Kifaru 2025 · 18 Mar 2025
- Back to School Stockholm 2023 · 26 Aug 2023
- Swedish Championship 2023 · 3 Jun 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Cuboss Open 2023 · 15 Apr 2023
- Kubsala Winter 2023 · 13 Jan 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Top 75 Percent Proceed in Sala 2022 · 17 Dec 2022
- Swedish Championship 2022 · 28 Oct 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- Gbg Summer Cubing 2022 · 3 Sep 2022
- Warm Up Stockholm 2022 · 9 Jul 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Fyris Cubing 2022 · 11 Jun 2022
- Popular 'n Blind Flen 2022 · 29 Apr 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Flen - Lilla Manschetten 2021 · 5 Sep 2021
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.
- Daniel Wallin — met in 58 rounds, finished ahead once
- Max Abramoff — met in 50 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Emanuel Skålberg — met in 44 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.39 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.19 away.
Targets move as he improves.