[13] Minakov set a new national record of 51.12 seconds in the 100 metre butterfly and won the gold medal, touching ahead of silver medalist in the event Kristóf Milák of Hungary.

[19][22] He split a 51.63 for the butterfly leg of the 4×100 metre mixed medley relay to help earn the silver medal in a time of 3:51.46 with Polina Egorova (backstroke), Anastasia Makarova (breaststroke), and Kliment Kolesnikov (freestyle).

[9] As part of the 4×100 metre medley relay at the 2019 World Junior Championships in Budapest, Hungary in August 2019, Minakov helped win the gold medal and break the world junior record he helped set in the event in 2018, swimming the butterfly leg of the relay in 50.93 seconds and contributing to the new record time of 3:33.19.

[26] At the 2020 Russian National Championships held in at the Palace of Water Sports in Kazan in October and conducted in long course metres, Minakov swam a personal best time of 47.57 seconds in the 100 metre freestyle and set a new world junior record in the event, breaking the former record of 47.58 seconds set by Kyle Chalmers of Australia when he won the gold medal in the event at the 2016 Summer Olympics.

[7] Earlier in the championships, he set a new world junior record in the semifinals of the 50 metre butterfly with a time of 23.05 seconds.

[6] For the 2020 to 2021 collegiate season, starting in the autumn of 2020 and ending in the spring of 2021, Minakov was redshirted by the Stanford Cardinal, and as such, chose to remain living in Russia, take classes online, and train in his home country.

[5] One day earlier, day four of six of the Championships on 17 December, the Court of Arbitration for Sport announced that Russians, including Minakov, were banned from competing at Olympic Games nor World Championships in any sport, including swimming, using the name of their country, their national anthem, nor their flag for two full years (through 16 December 2022).

[10] Competing in his first collegiate season for Stanford University, Minakov improved his best time in the 50 yard freestyle by approximately six-tenths of a second on the first day of competition, 18 November, with a time of 19.13 seconds in the prelims at the 2021 North Carolina State Fall Invitational in Greensboro, North Carolina, United States.

[38] The morning of the third day of competition, Minakov swam a personal best time of 42.49 seconds in the 100 yard freestyle in the prelims heats.

[40] Minakov was announced to the team Russia roster on 2 December for the 2021 World Short Course Championships in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

[50] Later in the same session, Minakov split a 20.95 for the second leg of 4×50 metre mixed freestyle relay, helping win the bronze medal in 1:28.97.

[58] At the 2022 Pac-12 Conference Championships in early March 2022, and held at the King County Aquatic Center (KCAC) in Federal Way, United States, Minakov split a 19.49 for the butterfly leg of the 4×50 yard medley relay on the first day to help achieve a first-place finish in 1:22.74 and become the second-fastest swimmer in terms of 50 yard butterfly split times on relays in the NCAA, only after Joseph Schooling.

[62] Minakov followed up his 19.08 with a 19.10 lead-off leg in the next event, the 4×50 yard freestyle relay, helping achieve a fourth-place finish in 1:16.74.

[63] Day three of competition, he swam a time of 44.21 seconds in the prelims heats of the 100 yard butterfly to qualify for the final ranking first and set a new Championships record.

[65] The fourth and final day, he ranked ninth in the prelims heats of the 100 yard freestyle with a 42.68 to qualify for the b-final.

[82][83] On day six, he swam a personal best time of 22.30 seconds in the final of the 50 metre butterfly and won the gold medal.

[88][89] Later in the session, he swam the first leg of the 4×50 yard freestyle relay in 19.13 seconds, contributing to a time of 1:16.24 and fourth-place finish.

[93] The first finals session of the 2023 NCAA Division I Championships, held starting 22 March, Minakov helped place tenth in the 4×50 yard medley relay, contributing a split time of 19.67 seconds for the butterfly leg to a final time of 1:22.69, and seventh in the 4×200 yard freestyle relay in 6:12.66, where he led-off with a 1:32.54.

[105] After he returned to Russia, World Aquatics (formerly FINA) announced its extension of the ban on Russians and Belarusians at their competitions from 2022 for the foreseeable future.

[113][114] On the fifth day, Minakov finished in a time of 49.37 seconds in the preliminaries of the 100 metre freestyle, qualifying for the semifinals ranking seventh.

[116] He concluded the session with a ranking of fourth in the semifinals of the 100 metre freestyle, qualifying for the final with a time of 48.73 seconds.