People · Kazakhstan
Arsen Nurlanuly
2×2 · top 7.5% of 186,767 all-time · competing since April 2024 · 2024NURL01
Arsen Nurlanuly has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.35, set at Astana Open 2025, puts him in the top 7.5% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 67th in Kazakhstan. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 3 competitions since April 2024, he has put 87 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 18.00 in April 2024 to 12.07, a 33% improvement. Arsen has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Kazakhstan | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 2.35 | 4.49 | top 7.5% | 67 / 976 | |
| 3×3 | 12.07 | 15.42 | top 14.1% | 173 / 1,315 | |
| Clock | 11.22 | 12.61 | top 31.2% | 43 / 135 | |
| Pyraminx | 11.86 | 13.68 | top 66.3% | 493 / 803 | |
| 4×4 | 1:39.32 | 1:50.28 | top 70.1% | 258 / 415 | |
| Megaminx | 4:21.47 | — | top 93.0% | 211 / 243 |
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
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 14 Mar 2026Three personal bests in one day at Help Danelia Cubing Kazakhstan 2026.
- 29 Nov 2025First sub-15 3×3: 12.07 at Astana Open 2025.
- 29 Nov 2025Four personal bests in one day at Astana Open 2025.
- 20 Apr 2024First competition: Astana Spring 2024. A 19.31 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Help Danelia Cubing Kazakhstan 2026 · 14 Mar 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Astana Open 2025 · 29 Nov 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Astana Spring 2024 · 20 Apr 2024 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Damir Issakov — met in 20 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Damir Zhanataev — met in 20 rounds, never finished ahead
- Nayl Maksut — met in 18 rounds, finished ahead 10 times
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.35 away.
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 0.07 away.
Targets move as he improves.