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Alikhan Yertursyn (Алихан Ертурсын)

3×3 · top 1.8% of 288,433 all-time · competing since July 2015 · 2015YERT01

Alikhan Yertursyn (Алихан Ертурсын) has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.34, set at Central Asian Tour Astana 2025, puts him in the top 1.8% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 18th in Kazakhstan. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 34 competitions since July 2015, he has put 1,909 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 66% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 19.12 in July 2015 to 7.34, a 62% improvement. Alikhan has entered 34 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 1.8% of 288,433 all-time
7.34
signature single · Central Asian Tour Astana 2025
1,909
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 66% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingKazakhstan
3×37.349.14
top 1.8%18 / 1,325
4×428.3434.05
top 1.9%11 / 422
2×21.523.15
top 2.2%9 / 988
5×559.841:05.66
top 5.5%12 / 216
3×3 one-handed13.8816.90
top 6.0%29 / 338
Megaminx1:00.411:11.29
top 10.3%29 / 247
Pyraminx4.597.34
top 10.8%83 / 812
Skewb4.307.98
top 13.1%57 / 478
6×62:15.412:22.49
top 18.3%12 / 64
7×73:29.053:43.47
top 19.5%12 / 43
Square-122.4229.69
top 33.4%40 / 141
3×3 Fewest Moves41 moves—
early days — 3 solves33 / 62
Clock18.1530.13
top 59.2%78 / 136

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

Skips in Brest 2015: 19.12Kazakhstan Open 2017: 19.36HSE Open 2018: 12.88Cube Weekend St. Michielsgestel 2018: 12.27Almaty Summer 2018: 11.35Semey Open 2018: 10.71WCA European Championship 2018: 11.91KSF Semey City 2018: 9.31Cubing Kazakhstan Nationals 2018: 10.44Welcome to Academy 2018: 9.74KSF Aktobe City 2019: 10.34KSF Atyrau City 2019: 9.26KSF Ust-Kamenogorsk City 2019: 8.47KSF Pavlodar City 2019: 9.33KSF Almaty City 2019: 8.39KSF Karaganda City 2019: 9.22KSF Nur-Sultan City 2019: 9.00CCC Qualification Barnaul 2019: 8.15Cubing Semey Open 2019: 9.25SCS1 Almaty Open Air 2019: 8.51Economics Lyceum Cube 2019: 9.42Cubing Kazakhstan Nationals 2019: 8.54KSF Club Semey 2021: 9.00NIS & KSF OPEN 2022: 8.27Cubing Khan Shatyr Open 2022: 7.72KSF Club Pavlodar 2022: 7.47KSF Club Semey 2022: 8.04Rubik's WCA Asian Championship 2022: 8.88Cubing Kazakhstan Nationals 2022: 7.94KSF Club Almaty 2022: 8.59Astana Spring 2024: 8.58Central Asian Tour Astana 2025: 7.34Astana Spring 2025: 7.56Beijing Autumn Rivalry 2026: 8.177.3419.3625 Jul 20151 Oct 2026

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 — 1,419 people have one; it is 1.34 away.
  • A sub-25 4×4 single — 614 people have one; it is 3.34 away.

Targets move as he improves.