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Adil Rakhimzhanov (Адиль Рахимжанов)

3×3 · top 2.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since June 2018 · 2018RAKH02

Adil Rakhimzhanov (Адиль Рахимжанов) has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.97, set at Astana Open 2023, puts him in the top 2.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 34th in Kazakhstan. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 16 competitions since June 2018, he has put 518 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 56% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.79 in June 2018 to 7.97, a 46% improvement. Adil has entered 16 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 2.7% of 284,439 all-time
7.97
signature single · Astana Open 2023
518
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 56% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingKazakhstan
3×37.979.74
top 2.7%34 / 1,315
2×22.453.18
top 8.4%81 / 976
4×438.1347.70
top 9.9%47 / 415
3×3 one-handed15.9718.23
top 10.2%47 / 330
3×3 Fewest Moves29 moves31.00
top 12.2%4 / 62
Pyraminx5.538.82
top 16.6%120 / 803
5×51:26.291:29.18
top 24.3%52 / 216
Skewb8.5116.13
top 45.1%157 / 474

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

Almaty Summer 2018: 14.79Semey Open 2018: 17.11Cubing Kazakhstan Nationals 2018: 14.88KSF Almaty City 2019: 12.56KSF Nur-Sultan City 2019: 12.00Cubing Semey Open 2019: 11.90Cubing Kazakhstan Nationals 2019: 9.68Cubing Khan Shatyr Open 2022: 8.26Rubik's WCA Asian Championship 2022: 9.36Cubing Kazakhstan Nationals 2022: 9.30KSF Club Almaty 2022: 8.59Leovit Anniversary Cubing Kazakhstan 2023: 8.95Cubing Kazakhstan Nationals 2023: 8.48Astana Open 2023: 7.9724 Hours Warm Up in Astana 2024: 9.38Central Asian Tour Astana 2025: 8.877.9717.112 Jun 20188 Feb 2025

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-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.97 away.
  • A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.45 away.

Targets move as he improves.