People · Kazakhstan
Alen Alimzhanov (Ален Алимжанов)
3×3 · top 1.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since March 2019 · 2019ALIM02
Alen Alimzhanov (Ален Алимжанов) has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.14, set at Almaty Cubing Rush 2026, puts him in the top 1.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 16th in Kazakhstan. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 10 competitions since March 2019, he has put 559 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 82% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 19.34 in March 2019 to 7.14, a 63% improvement. Alen has entered ten competitions, more competitions than 92% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Kazakhstan | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 7.14 | 7.89 | top 1.5% | 16 / 1,315 | |
| 4×4 | 28.98 | 33.97 | top 2.2% | 15 / 415 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 13.21 | 15.14 | top 4.7% | 22 / 330 | |
| Pyraminx | 3.58 | 7.75 | top 5.8% | 40 / 803 | |
| 2×2 | 2.17 | 3.86 | top 6.0% | 50 / 976 | |
| Skewb | 5.04 | 8.12 | top 18.5% | 70 / 474 | |
| 5×5 | 1:20.62 | 1:32.86 | top 19.6% | 44 / 216 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 32 moves | 37.00 | top 20.4% | 9 / 62 | |
| Megaminx | 2:47.80 | — | top 69.3% | 147 / 243 | |
| Clock | 34.03 | 39.58 | top 88.8% | 115 / 135 |
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
- 25 Jul 2026Three personal bests in one day at Samgau Almaty 2026.
- 11 Apr 2026Three personal bests in one day at Almaty Cubing Rush 2026.
- 23 Mar 2026Seven personal bests in one day at Nauryz Almaty 2026.
- 15 Aug 2025Three personal bests in one day at Cubing Kazakhstan Nationals 2025.
- 31 May 2025Three personal bests in one day at Almaty Summer 2025.
- 20 May 2023Four personal bests in one day at Leovit Anniversary Cubing Kazakhstan 2023.
Competitions
- Samgau Almaty 2026 · 25 Jul 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Almaty Cubing Rush 2026 · 11 Apr 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Nauryz Almaty 2026 · 23 Mar 2026 — 7 personal bests set
- Cubing Kazakhstan Nationals 2025 · 15 Aug 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Almaty Summer 2025 · 31 May 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Almaty Cubers Open 2024 · 27 Jan 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Leovit Anniversary Cubing Kazakhstan 2023 · 20 May 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- Save Ramir Cubing Kazakhstan 2023 · 25 Mar 2023 — 9 personal bests set
- KSF Club Almaty 2022 · 10 Dec 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- KSF Almaty City 2019 · 23 Mar 2019 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Damir Zhanataev — met in 114 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
- Azamat Seitbekov (Азамат Сейтбеков) — met in 100 rounds, finished ahead 60 times
- Asset Agabekov — met in 99 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.14 away.
- A sub-25 4×4 single — 588 people have one; it is 3.98 away.
Targets move as he improves.