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Arnur Yeszhanov

3×3 · top 4.0% of 284,439 all-time · competing since March 2022 · 2022YESZ01

Arnur Yeszhanov has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.62, set at West Chester Fall 2022, puts him in the top 4.0% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 51st in Kazakhstan. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 6 competitions since March 2022, he has put 131 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 60% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 3 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 17.43 in March 2022 to 8.62, a 51% improvement. Arnur has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 4.0% of 284,439 all-time
8.62
signature single · West Chester Fall 2022
131
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 60% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingKazakhstan
3×38.6211.20
top 4.0%51 / 1,315
2×22.244.04
top 6.5%57 / 976
3×3 one-handed18.8921.64
top 17.5%68 / 330
Skewb5.307.30
top 20.5%79 / 474
Square-121.8825.23
top 32.2%38 / 140
4×41:06.421:16.56
top 43.3%167 / 415
Megaminx2:21.252:37.13
top 57.0%115 / 243
Pyraminx10.6314.38
top 57.8%430 / 803
5×52:14.662:48.87
top 58.0%122 / 216
Clock42.62
early days — 2 solves122 / 135

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

Cubing Khan Shatyr Open 2022: 17.43Berkeley Summer 2022: 14.15Lake Erie Cubing Clash 2022: 11.03Slow N Steady Fall 2022: 9.90West Chester Fall 2022: 8.62Crystal City Winter 2023: 12.048.6217.4324 Mar 202222 Jan 2023

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-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.62 away.
  • A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.24 away.

Targets move as he improves.