People · Kazakhstan
Daniel Zhanataev
3×3 · top 65.9% of 284,439 all-time · competing since October 2024 · 2024ZHAD04
Daniel Zhanataev has been competing for a year. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 32.03, set at Haileybury Astana Open 2026, puts him in the top 65.9% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 760th in Kazakhstan. Across 11 competitions since October 2024, he has put 144 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one; 89% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His Pyraminx best has come down from 24.81 in October 2024 to 12.06, a 51% improvement. Daniel has entered eleven competitions, more competitions than 93% 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 | 32.03 | 40.58 | top 65.9% | 760 / 1,315 | |
| Pyraminx | 12.06 | 18.12 | top 67.6% | 499 / 803 | |
| 2×2 | 9.87 | 14.30 | top 77.4% | 687 / 976 |
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, Pyraminx. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 8 Feb 2025Three personal bests in one day at Central Asian Tour Astana 2025.
- 19 Oct 2024First competition: 24 Hours Warm Up in Astana 2024. A 44.67 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Astana Spring 2026 · 16 May 2026
- Haileybury Astana Open 2026 · 26 Apr 2026 — 1 personal best set
- NxNxN in Astana 2026 · 5 Apr 2026
- Nauryz Almaty 2026 · 23 Mar 2026
- Help Danelia Cubing Kazakhstan 2026 · 14 Mar 2026
- Almaty New Year 2026 · 3 Jan 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Almaty Summer 2025 · 31 May 2025 — 1 personal best set
- QBERS League In Astana 2025 · 10 May 2025
- Astana Spring 2025 · 29 Mar 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Central Asian Tour Astana 2025 · 8 Feb 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- 24 Hours Warm Up in Astana 2024 · 19 Oct 2024
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.
- Dalel Zhanataev — met in 29 rounds, finished ahead 11 times
- Damir Zhanataev — met in 29 rounds, never finished ahead
- Aidar Nadir — met in 25 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-30 3×3 single — 177,856 people have one; it is 2.03 away.
- A sub-12 Pyraminx single — 86,891 people have one; it is 0.06 away.
Targets move as he improves.