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Duman Talgatuly (Думан Талгатулы)

Skewb · top 1.3% of 73,281 all-time · competing since June 2018 · 2018TALG01

Duman Talgatuly (Думан Талгатулы) has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the Skewb: a personal-best single of 1.97, set at Rubik's WCA Asian Championship 2022, puts him in the top 1.3% of the 73,281 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 4th in Kazakhstan. Until December 2014, no official Skewb solve in the world had been that fast. Across 16 competitions since June 2018, he has put 746 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 90% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 36.28 in June 2018 to 8.80, a 76% improvement. Duman has entered 16 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.

Skewb
best event — top 1.3% of 73,281 all-time
1.97
signature single · Rubik's WCA Asian Championship 2022
746
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 90% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingKazakhstan
Skewb1.973.75
top 1.3%4 / 474
2×21.913.43
top 4.2%29 / 976
3×38.8010.29
top 4.4%56 / 1,315
Pyraminx3.315.03
top 4.7%31 / 803
3×3 one-handed15.7515.89
top 9.7%45 / 330
4×439.0446.86
top 11.0%53 / 415
5×51:18.261:26.59
top 17.7%36 / 216
6×62:26.052:34.39
top 23.6%16 / 62
Megaminx1:35.181:40.91
top 31.5%70 / 243
3×3 Fewest Moves37 moves—
early days — 2 solves23 / 62
Clock16.8327.94
top 54.9%73 / 135

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

Semey Open 2018: 36.28KSF Semey City 2018: 21.18Cubing Kazakhstan Nationals 2018: 23.80KSF Ust-Kamenogorsk City 2019: 14.32KSF Almaty City 2019: 14.47Cubing Semey Open 2019: 13.63Economics Lyceum Cube 2019: 11.87Cubing Kazakhstan Nationals 2019: 12.23KSF Club Semey 2021: 9.92Cubing Khan Shatyr Open 2022: 10.47KSF Club Semey 2022: 8.80Rubik's WCA Asian Championship 2022: 9.03Cubing Kazakhstan Nationals 2022: 9.24KSF Open 2023: 9.59Almaty Cubers Open 2024: 10.01Nauryz Almaty 2026: 10.228.8036.288 Jun 201823 Mar 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-1 Skewb single — 35 people have one; it is 0.97 away.
  • A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.91 away.

Targets move as he improves.