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Bahtiyar Karabalin (Бахтияр Карабалин)

3×3 · top 4.6% of 288,433 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 4.6% of the 288,433 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 22 competitions since June 2018, he has put 924 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 60% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.88 in June 2018 to 8.86, a 44% improvement. Bahtiyar has entered 22 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 4.6% of 288,433 all-time
8.86
signature single · KILC Cubing 2026
924
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
3×38.8610.20
top 4.6%59 / 1,325
Pyraminx3.807.23
top 6.7%52 / 812
Skewb3.597.28
top 8.3%40 / 478
Megaminx58.461:05.82
top 9.2%24 / 247
2×22.614.21
top 10.1%101 / 988
3×3 one-handed16.3120.40
top 11.0%48 / 338
4×439.1044.02
top 11.1%53 / 422
5×51:15.591:22.58
top 15.9%33 / 216
6×62:59.243:34.99
top 40.8%27 / 64
Clock13.9615.98
top 43.6%57 / 136
3×3 Fewest Moves42 moves—
early days — 2 solves34 / 62
7×75:23.925:37.61
top 58.0%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

Svetlye Gory Open 2018: 15.88Cubing Kazakhstan Nationals 2018: 16.70Cubing Khan Shatyr Open 2022: 12.27KSF Club Pavlodar 2022: 13.09Rubik's WCA Asian Championship 2022: 10.29Cubing Kazakhstan Nationals 2022: 10.83KSF Club Almaty 2022: 10.92Save Ramir Cubing Kazakhstan 2023: 11.11KSF Open 2023: 10.67Rudny Open 2023: 9.46Cubing Kazakhstan Nationals 2023: 12.40Astana Open 2023: 10.47Burabay Open 2024: 11.71Cubing Kazakhstan Nationals 2024: 11.18QBERS League In Astana 2025: 11.04Astana Open 2025: 9.88Help Danelia Cubing Kazakhstan 2026: 11.83Haileybury Astana Open 2026: 10.19Astana Spring 2026: 9.90KILC Cubing 2026: 8.86Astana NxNxN 2026: 10.028.8616.7029 Jun 201813 Sep 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-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 0.86 away.
  • A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,783 people have one; it is 0.80 away.

Targets move as he improves.