People · Kazakhstan
Damir Shikhiev (Дамир Шихиев)
Skewb · top 1.6% of 73,281 all-time · competing since March 2019 · 2019SHIK03
Damir Shikhiev (Дамир Шихиев) has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the Skewb: a personal-best single of 2.07, set at Almaty Snowflake Cube 2019, puts him in the top 1.6% of the 73,281 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 6th in Kazakhstan. Until December 2014, no official Skewb solve in the world had been that fast. Across 3 competitions since March 2019, he has put 107 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 18.27 in March 2019 to 9.78, a 46% improvement. Damir 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Skewb | 2.07 | 4.46 | top 1.6% | 6 / 474 | |
| 3×3 | 9.78 | 16.11 | top 6.9% | 87 / 1,315 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.66 | 8.67 | top 17.5% | 128 / 803 | |
| 4×4 | 53.16 | 55.95 | top 28.5% | 119 / 415 | |
| 2×2 | 5.16 | 7.03 | top 41.3% | 342 / 976 | |
| Clock | 14.96 | 17.35 | top 47.8% | 66 / 135 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 31.32 | 42.21 | top 49.6% | 175 / 330 | |
| 5×5 | 2:09.81 | 2:14.74 | top 55.3% | 115 / 216 | |
| Square-1 | 33.36 | 43.78 | top 55.7% | 70 / 140 |
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
- 7 Dec 2019First sub-10 3×3: 9.78 at Almaty Snowflake Cube 2019.
- 7 Dec 2019Five personal bests in one day at Almaty Snowflake Cube 2019.
- 20 Jul 2019First sub-15 3×3: 14.23 at SCS1 Almaty Open Air 2019.
- 23 Mar 2019First competition: KSF Almaty City 2019. A 18.27 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Almaty Snowflake Cube 2019 · 7 Dec 2019 — 5 personal bests set
- SCS1 Almaty Open Air 2019 · 20 Jul 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- KSF Almaty City 2019 · 23 Mar 2019
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.
- Asset Agabekov — met in 23 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Assylkhan Meirkhanov (Асылхан Мейрханов) — met in 21 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Yaroslav Usmanov (Ярослав Усманов) — met in 21 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
Next targets
- A sub-2 Skewb single — 1,013 people have one; it is 0.07 away.
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.78 away.
Targets move as he improves.