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Alikhan Zhanybekov

3×3 · top 1.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since September 2020 · 2020ZHAN19

Alikhan Zhanybekov has been competing for 6 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 6.74, set at 100 Years Republic İstanbul 2023, puts him in the top 1.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2nd in Kyrgyzstan. Until January 2011, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 30 competitions since September 2020, he has put 1,639 official solves on the record across 14 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 65% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 24.97 in September 2020 to 6.74, a 73% improvement. Alikhan has entered 30 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 1.1% of 284,439 all-time
6.74
signature single · 100 Years Republic İstanbul 2023
1,639
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 65% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingKyrgyzstan
3×36.748.22
top 1.1%2 / 228
2×21.252.71
top 1.2%2 / 172
4×428.0832.86
top 1.8%3 / 92
5×550.7154.48
top 2.0%2 / 35
Megaminx45.5852.01
top 3.3%3 / 40
Pyraminx2.954.66
top 3.5%1 / 148
Square-19.2911.95
top 4.9%1 / 19
6×61:54.992:00.77
top 9.1%2 / 6
3×3 one-handed16.9120.88
top 12.3%8 / 68
Skewb4.508.02
top 14.5%5 / 82
7×73:24.143:45.27
top 17.7%2 / 4
3×3 blindfolded1:33.05—
top 24.2%2 / 5
3×3 Fewest Moves34 moves34.67
top 26.7%1 / 2
Clock14.1215.68
top 44.4%6 / 19

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

Ankara Fall 2020: 24.97Bursa Fall 2020: 17.32Ankara Winter 2022: 10.00Back to İstanbul 2022: 8.51İzmir Open 2022: 9.20Bursa Open 2022: 8.70İstanbul Spring 2022: 7.17Ankara Summer 2022: 7.85Edukent Weekend 2022: 7.74Cube Revenge İstanbul 2022: 7.52Sınav Cube Weekend 2022: 8.07İstanbul Fall 2022: 7.13Qubes Don' Lie İstanbul 2022: 9.36Atatürk Cube Weekend 2022: 7.16Sweet November İstanbul 2022: 7.62Frozen Cubes İstanbul 2022: 7.78See You Next Year İstanbul 2023: 8.27Güneşli Sınav Cube Weekend 2023: 7.33İstanbul Spring 2023: 6.96Back to İstanbul 2023: 7.85Edukent Weekend 2023: 8.05Turkish Nationals 2023: 8.27Otantik Weekend 2023: 7.73100 Years Republic İstanbul 2023: 6.74100. Yıl MBA Cube Weekend 2023: 7.93İstanbul Cube Day A 2024: 7.32Summer in Bishkek 2024: 6.98Back To School İstanbul A 2024: 8.81Turkish Nationals 2024: 7.22MBA February 2025: 7.246.7424.9718 Sep 20208 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 0.74 away.
  • A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.25 away.

Targets move as he improves.