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Alimzhan Kenesbek (Алимжан Кенесбек)

Skewb · top 0.75% of 73,281 all-time · competing since June 2018 · 2018KENE01

Alimzhan Kenesbek (Алимжан Кенесбек) has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the Skewb: a personal-best single of 1.71, set at Cubing Kazakhstan Nationals 2023, puts him in the top 0.75% of the 73,281 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2nd in Kazakhstan. Until July 2015, no official Skewb solve in the world had been that fast. Across 21 competitions since June 2018, he has put 1,348 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 85% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.58 in June 2018 to 7.42, a 55% improvement. Alimzhan has entered 21 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.

Skewb
best event — top 0.75% of 73,281 all-time
1.71
signature single · Cubing Kazakhstan Nationals 2023
1,348
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 85% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingKazakhstan
Skewb1.713.97
top 0.75%2 / 474
3×37.428.53
top 1.9%22 / 1,315
Pyraminx2.603.66
top 2.5%18 / 803
4×429.6133.11
top 2.6%16 / 415
Square-18.7913.74
top 4.2%4 / 140
2×21.922.91
top 4.2%31 / 976
3×3 one-handed13.3117.39
top 4.9%23 / 330
Megaminx58.461:06.55
top 9.2%23 / 243
5×51:14.211:19.45
top 14.7%28 / 216
Clock9.4211.43
top 22.1%35 / 135
3×3 Fewest Moves36 moves—
top 33.6%19 / 62
6×63:22.513:29.45
top 51.6%35 / 62
3×3 blindfolded3:50.594:04.52
top 65.8%28 / 35

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

Semey Open 2018: 16.58KSF Semey City 2018: 12.56Cubing Kazakhstan Nationals 2018: 14.28KSF Ust-Kamenogorsk City 2019: 11.55KSF Almaty City 2019: 9.88CCC Qualification Barnaul 2019: 10.53Cubing Semey Open 2019: 11.87Economics Lyceum Cube 2019: 10.25Cubing Kazakhstan Nationals 2019: 9.73KSF Club Semey 2021: 8.78NIS & KSF OPEN 2022: 8.95Cubing Khan Shatyr Open 2022: 7.42KSF Club Semey 2022: 9.35Rubik's WCA Asian Championship 2022: 7.58Cubing Kazakhstan Nationals 2022: 8.26KSF Open 2023: 9.01Cubing Kazakhstan Nationals 2023: 8.37Shakarim Open 2023: 7.8024 Hours Warm Up in Astana 2024: 9.19Astana Spring 2025: 7.827.4216.588 Jun 201829 Mar 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-1 Skewb single — 35 people have one; it is 0.71 away.
  • A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.42 away.

Targets move as he improves.