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Alizhan Kuanyshbek (Алижан Куанышбек)

Skewb · top 3.2% of 73,281 all-time · competing since March 2019 · 2019KUAN02

Alizhan Kuanyshbek (Алижан Куанышбек) has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the Skewb: a personal-best single of 2.58, set at Almaty Snowflake Cube 2019, puts him in the top 3.2% of the 73,281 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 18th in Kazakhstan. Until February 2014, no official Skewb solve in the world had been that fast. Across 3 competitions since March 2019, he has put 46 official solves on the record across four events. His 3×3 best has come down from 24.55 in March 2019 to 13.81, a 44% improvement. Alizhan has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

Skewb
best event — top 3.2% of 73,281 all-time
2.58
signature single · Almaty Snowflake Cube 2019
46
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingKazakhstan
Skewb2.587.58
top 3.2%18 / 474
3×313.8116.50
top 20.3%238 / 1,315
2×24.386.08
top 31.4%271 / 976
4×41:30.691:47.40
top 64.1%230 / 415

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

KSF Almaty City 2019: 24.55SCS1 Almaty Open Air 2019: 13.81Almaty Snowflake Cube 2019: 15.6213.8124.5523 Mar 20197 Dec 2019

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-2 Skewb single — 1,013 people have one; it is 0.58 away.
  • A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 1.81 away.

Targets move as he improves.