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Damir Zhanataev

3×3 one-handed · top 0.32% of 73,695 all-time · competing since October 2017 · 2017ZHAD01

Damir Zhanataev has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3 one-handed: a personal-best single of 8.50, set at Kyrgyzstan Nationals 2025, puts him in the top 0.32% of the 73,695 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1st in Kazakhstan. Until May 2015, no official 3×3 one-handed solve in the world had been that fast. Across 110 competitions since October 2017, he has put 7,251 official solves on the record across 17 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 67% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 19.04 in October 2017 to 5.84, a 69% improvement. Damir has entered 110 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3 one-handed
best event — top 0.32% of 73,695 all-time
8.50
signature single · Kyrgyzstan Nationals 2025
7,251
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 67% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingKazakhstan
3×3 one-handed8.5012.15
top 0.32%1 / 330
3×35.847.42
top 0.39%5 / 1,315
2×21.012.52
top 0.58%2 / 976
4×425.2529.96
top 0.76%3 / 415
Pyraminx1.963.73
top 1.1%4 / 803
5×547.4459.72
top 1.1%3 / 216
6×61:38.801:55.87
top 3.8%2 / 62
3×3 Fewest Moves24 moves35.33
top 4.0%1 / 62
Skewb3.235.63
top 6.2%32 / 474
Clock5.758.55
top 6.5%10 / 135
Megaminx54.061:04.97
top 7.0%15 / 243
3×3 blindfolded44.591:06.39
top 8.1%5 / 35
7×72:57.983:07.55
top 10.0%5 / 43
Square-118.6625.52
top 25.0%30 / 140
3×3 Multi-Blind8 of 9 cubes · 49:39—
top 27.3%3 / 13
4×4 blindfolded6:38.729:14.22
top 34.3%4 / 8
5×5 blindfolded19:02.00—
early days — 1 solve2 / 4

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

Kazakhstan Open 2017: 19.04Kyrgyzstan Open 2017: 18.55Aktobe Cube Days 2018: 12.48Almaty Summer 2018: 11.90Semey Open 2018: 11.44KSF Semey City 2018: 11.97Cubing Kazakhstan Nationals 2018: 10.72KSF Ust-Kamenogorsk City 2019: 8.91KSF Pavlodar City 2019: 9.44KSF Almaty City 2019: 8.46KSF Nur-Sultan City 2019: 9.04Cubing Semey Open 2019: 8.92SCS1 Almaty Open Air 2019: 8.50Economics Lyceum Cube 2019: 8.07Cubing Kazakhstan Nationals 2019: 8.70KSF Club Semey 2021: 8.73NIS & KSF OPEN 2022: 8.09Cubing Khan Shatyr Open 2022: 7.94KSF Club Pavlodar 2022: 8.27KSF Club Semey 2022: 7.80Rubik's WCA Asian Championship 2022: 8.62Cubing Kazakhstan Nationals 2022: 7.45KSF Club Almaty 2022: 7.63Uzbekistan New Year 2023: 7.77Güneşli Sınav Cube Weekend 2023: 7.13Save Ramir Cubing Kazakhstan 2023: 7.56Leovit Anniversary Cubing Kazakhstan 2023: 7.16Please Be Loud in Tashkent 2023: 7.12KSF Open 2023: 7.64Syrdaryo Open 2023: 7.87Rudny Open 2023: 7.72Pavlodar Open 2023: 7.77Cubing Kazakhstan Nationals 2023: 7.54Azerbaijan Nationals 2023: 7.33Caucasus Open 2023: 6.66Astana Open 2023: 6.97Shakarim Open 2023: 7.35Oskemen Open 2024: 7.01Almaty Cubers Open 2024: 6.93Back to Bishkek 2024: 7.47Burabay Open 2024: 6.98Tashkent Open 2024: 7.15Almaty Spring 2024: 7.04Astana Spring 2024: 7.57Ekibastuz Open 2024: 7.21Summer in Bishkek 2024: 7.00Rubik's WCA European Championship 2024: 7.04Welcome to Bishkek 2024: 6.7424 Hours Warm Up in Astana 2024: 6.41Cubing Kazakhstan Nationals 2024: 7.16Rubik's WCA Asian Championship 2024: 7.29Cool Down Singapore 2024: 7.55Shonan PM 2024: 6.98Hanoi Winter 2024: 7.04Rapid Academy Indonesian Championship 2024: 7.37Beijing Winter 2025: 6.79Chongqing New Year 2025: 7.39Battle for Belgrade 2025: 6.00Central Asian Tour Astana 2025: 5.84Central Asian Tour Bishkek 2025: 6.70Central Asian Tour Tashkent 2025: 7.94Astana Spring 2025: 6.46Pavlodar Open 2025: 7.20QBERS League In Astana 2025: 7.49Almaty Summer 2025: 7.18Summer in Bishkek 2025: 6.76Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025: 6.42Cubing Kazakhstan Nationals 2025: 7.60Taraz Open 2025: 7.29 Kyrgyzstan Nationals 2025: 7.27UzCubing Open 2025: 7.87Rudny Open 2025: 7.19Astana Open 2025: 7.46Almaty New Year 2026: 6.83Winter in Bishkek 2026: 7.11Loba January Ankara 2026: 7.05Guangdong Open - Revival & Rival 2026: 6.56Zeer Rangsit Cubing 2026: 6.73Help Danelia Cubing Kazakhstan 2026: 7.12Nauryz Almaty 2026: 7.39NxNxN in Astana 2026: 7.64Almaty Cubing Rush 2026: 7.26Haileybury Astana Open 2026: 7.36Shymkent Open 2026: 7.97Astana Spring 2026: 7.72Batumi May Open 2026: 6.90Cubing Skills in Bishkek 2026: 6.84KILC Cubing 2026: 7.97Kyrgyzstan Nationals 2026: 6.41Samgau Almaty 2026: 6.88Pavlodar Open 2026: 7.69Cubing Kazakhstan Nationals 2026: 7.575.8419.048 Oct 201721 Aug 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 one-handed single — 151 people have one; it is 0.50 away.
  • A sub-5 3×3 single — 344 people have one; it is 0.84 away.

Targets move as he improves.