People · Kazakhstan
Askar Shakhman (Аскар Шахман)
Skewb · top 2.1% of 73,281 all-time · competing since October 2018 · 2018SHAK09
Askar Shakhman (Аскар Шахман) has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the Skewb: a personal-best single of 2.27, set at Cubing Kazakhstan Nationals 2022, puts him in the top 2.1% of the 73,281 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 8th in Kazakhstan. Until February 2014, no official Skewb solve in the world had been that fast. Across 15 competitions since October 2018, he has put 734 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 66% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His Skewb best has come down from 11.50 in October 2018 to 2.27, an 80% improvement. Askar has entered 15 competitions, more competitions than 95% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Kazakhstan | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Skewb | 2.27 | 4.61 | top 2.1% | 8 / 474 | |
| 3×3 | 8.90 | 11.53 | top 4.6% | 64 / 1,315 | |
| Pyraminx | 3.35 | 5.92 | top 4.9% | 33 / 803 | |
| 2×2 | 2.31 | 3.70 | top 7.1% | 64 / 976 | |
| 4×4 | 43.91 | 51.55 | top 16.9% | 78 / 415 | |
| Square-1 | 19.82 | 30.12 | top 27.6% | 33 / 140 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 26.67 | 36.25 | top 38.5% | 138 / 330 | |
| Clock | 14.68 | 23.01 | top 46.7% | 63 / 135 | |
| Megaminx | 2:11.67 | 2:23.95 | top 52.0% | 110 / 243 | |
| 5×5 | 2:06.51 | 2:20.08 | top 53.3% | 109 / 216 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 47 moves | — | early days — 2 solves | 44 / 62 |
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, Skewb. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 10 Dec 2022First sub-10 3×3: 8.90 at KSF Club Almaty 2022.
- 4 Nov 2022Four personal bests in one day at Cubing Kazakhstan Nationals 2022.
- 26 Oct 2019Seven personal bests in one day at Cubing Kazakhstan Nationals 2019.
- 20 Jul 2019Four personal bests in one day at SCS1 Almaty Open Air 2019.
- 28 Jun 2019Eight personal bests in one day at Cubing Semey Open 2019.
- 27 Apr 2019First sub-30 3×3: 16.56 at KSF Nur-Sultan City 2019.
Competitions
- Astana Open 2025 · 29 Nov 2025
- QBERS League In Astana 2025 · 10 May 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Astana Open 2023 · 9 Dec 2023
- Cubing Kazakhstan Nationals 2023 · 3 Nov 2023
- KSF Club Almaty 2022 · 10 Dec 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Cubing Kazakhstan Nationals 2022 · 4 Nov 2022 — 4 personal bests set
- Rubik's WCA Asian Championship 2022 · 11 Aug 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Cubing Khan Shatyr Open 2022 · 24 Mar 2022 — 1 personal best set
- KSF Club Semey 2021 · 11 Dec 2021 — 2 personal bests set
- Cubing Kazakhstan Nationals 2019 · 26 Oct 2019 — 7 personal bests set
- Economics Lyceum Cube 2019 · 28 Sep 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- SCS1 Almaty Open Air 2019 · 20 Jul 2019 — 4 personal bests set
- Cubing Semey Open 2019 · 28 Jun 2019 — 8 personal bests set
- KSF Nur-Sultan City 2019 · 27 Apr 2019 — 6 personal bests set
- Cubing Kazakhstan Nationals 2018 · 27 Oct 2018
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 Zhanataev — met in 137 rounds, finished ahead 22 times
- Shyngys Sharapadin (Шынгыс Шарападин) — met in 118 rounds, finished ahead 60 times
- Asset Agabekov — met in 99 rounds, finished ahead 17 times
Next targets
- A sub-2 Skewb single — 1,013 people have one; it is 0.27 away.
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.90 away.
Targets move as he improves.