People · Kazakhstan
Bahtiyar Karabalin (Бахтияр Карабалин)
3×3 · top 4.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since June 2018 · 2018KARA10
Bahtiyar Karabalin (Бахтияр Карабалин) has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.86, set at KILC Cubing 2026, puts him in the top 4.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 59th in Kazakhstan. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 20 competitions since June 2018, he has put 889 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 55% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.88 in June 2018 to 8.86, a 44% improvement. Bahtiyar has entered 20 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Kazakhstan | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 8.86 | 10.64 | top 4.5% | 59 / 1,315 | |
| Pyraminx | 3.80 | 7.23 | top 6.7% | 52 / 803 | |
| Skewb | 3.59 | 7.28 | top 8.3% | 40 / 474 | |
| 2×2 | 2.61 | 4.21 | top 10.0% | 99 / 976 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 16.31 | 20.40 | top 10.9% | 48 / 330 | |
| 4×4 | 39.46 | 45.12 | top 11.5% | 57 / 415 | |
| 5×5 | 1:20.48 | 1:27.10 | top 19.5% | 43 / 216 | |
| Megaminx | 1:18.98 | 1:32.12 | top 21.1% | 48 / 243 | |
| 6×6 | 2:59.24 | 3:34.99 | top 40.8% | 27 / 62 | |
| Clock | 13.96 | 15.98 | top 43.7% | 57 / 135 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 42 moves | — | early days — 2 solves | 34 / 62 | |
| 7×7 | 5:23.92 | 5:37.61 | top 57.9% | 31 / 43 |
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
- 9 Jul 2026Three personal bests in one day at KILC Cubing 2026.
- 9 Dec 2023Four personal bests in one day at Astana Open 2023.
- 19 Aug 2023First sub-10 3×3: 9.46 at Rudny Open 2023.
- 10 Dec 2022Three personal bests in one day at KSF Club Almaty 2022.
- 4 Nov 2022Three personal bests in one day at Cubing Kazakhstan Nationals 2022.
- 11 Aug 2022Five personal bests in one day at Rubik's WCA Asian Championship 2022.
Competitions
- KILC Cubing 2026 · 9 Jul 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Astana Spring 2026 · 16 May 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Haileybury Astana Open 2026 · 26 Apr 2026
- Help Danelia Cubing Kazakhstan 2026 · 14 Mar 2026
- Astana Open 2025 · 29 Nov 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- QBERS League In Astana 2025 · 10 May 2025
- Cubing Kazakhstan Nationals 2024 · 25 Oct 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Burabay Open 2024 · 10 Feb 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Astana Open 2023 · 9 Dec 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- Cubing Kazakhstan Nationals 2023 · 3 Nov 2023
- Rudny Open 2023 · 19 Aug 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- KSF Open 2023 · 8 Jul 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Save Ramir Cubing Kazakhstan 2023 · 25 Mar 2023
- KSF Club Almaty 2022 · 10 Dec 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- Cubing Kazakhstan Nationals 2022 · 4 Nov 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- Rubik's WCA Asian Championship 2022 · 11 Aug 2022 — 5 personal bests set
- KSF Club Pavlodar 2022 · 23 Apr 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Cubing Khan Shatyr Open 2022 · 24 Mar 2022 — 7 personal bests set
- Cubing Kazakhstan Nationals 2018 · 27 Oct 2018 — 4 personal bests set
- Svetlye Gory Open 2018 · 29 Jun 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 176 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Asset Agabekov — met in 128 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Shyngys Sharapadin (Шынгыс Шарападин) — met in 113 rounds, finished ahead 62 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.86 away.
- A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 0.80 away.
Targets move as he improves.