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Altanbagana Altangerel (Алтангэрэл Алтанбагана)

3×3 · top 1.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since September 2013 · 2013ALTA01

Altanbagana Altangerel (Алтангэрэл Алтанбагана) has been competing for 13 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.24, set at Mongolian Championship 2023, puts him in the top 1.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 24th in Mongolia. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 22 competitions since September 2013, he has put 820 official solves on the record across eleven 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 35.15 in September 2013 to 7.24, a 79% improvement. Altanbagana has entered 22 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 1.6% of 284,439 all-time
7.24
signature single · Mongolian Championship 2023
820
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 82% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingMongolia
3×37.248.99
top 1.6%24 / 1,987
4×429.4632.90
top 2.5%8 / 196
5×553.5057.29
top 2.9%4 / 86
2×22.163.54
top 5.9%48 / 1,717
Pyraminx3.656.96
top 6.1%59 / 1,577
6×61:47.721:58.46
top 6.3%3 / 27
7×72:49.342:55.01
top 7.7%3 / 16
Megaminx1:00.331:13.73
top 10.2%13 / 56
Clock10.4311.90
top 27.2%29 / 139
3×3 one-handed26.5333.82
top 38.1%70 / 138
Skewb8.5014.04
top 45.0%115 / 325

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

Mongolian Open 2013: 35.15Asian Championship 2016: 13.15Mongolia 2017: 13.03Mongolia Championship 2019: 8.98Mongolia Open 2019: 9.55Dornogovi Cube Day 2019: 10.79Ulaanbaatar Spring 2022: 9.36UB Puzzle Party 2022: 8.25Mongolia Championship 2022: 7.86Darkhan Winter 2022: 8.81Mongolian Open 2022: 8.84Ulaanbaatar Spring 2023: 9.20Rubik's WCA World Championship 2023: 8.18Mongolian Championship 2023: 7.24Ulaanbaatar Cubing Challenge Apr 2024: 9.80MR Ulaanbaatar 2024: 8.22GAN Mongolian Open 2024: 7.84QY Mongolian Championship 2024: 7.77CubingMGL Coldest Capital 2025: 8.34Ulaanbaatar Spring 2025: 8.94Ulaanbaatar Spring 2026: 8.667.2435.1521 Sep 201328 Mar 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 — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.24 away.
  • A sub-25 4×4 single — 588 people have one; it is 4.46 away.

Targets move as he improves.