People · Mongolia
Enkhbaatar Taivanjargal
Skewb · top 0.53% of 73,281 all-time · competing since January 2024 · 2024TAIV01
Enkhbaatar Taivanjargal has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the Skewb: a personal-best single of 1.57, set at Ulaanbaatar Spring 2025, puts him in the top 0.53% of the 73,281 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2nd in Mongolia. Until October 2015, no official Skewb solve in the world had been that fast. Across 19 competitions since January 2024, he has put 726 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one; 93% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.95 in January 2024 to 7.68, a 52% improvement. Enkhbaatar has entered 19 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Mongolia | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Skewb | 1.57 | 3.43 | top 0.53% | 2 / 325 | |
| 3×3 | 7.68 | 9.15 | top 2.2% | 35 / 1,987 | |
| 4×4 | 31.85 | 33.87 | top 4.1% | 13 / 196 | |
| 2×2 | 2.15 | 3.72 | top 5.8% | 45 / 1,717 | |
| 5×5 | 1:00.89 | 1:08.54 | top 6.0% | 9 / 86 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.01 | 5.11 | top 7.7% | 70 / 1,577 | |
| Megaminx | 1:03.96 | 1:13.29 | top 12.1% | 16 / 56 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 29 moves | 34.00 | early days — 3 solves | 1 / 17 | |
| 6×6 | 2:05.04 | 2:08.13 | top 13.2% | 5 / 27 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 18.86 | 21.83 | top 17.4% | 37 / 138 | |
| Clock | 10.93 | 13.85 | top 29.8% | 34 / 139 | |
| 7×7 | 4:24.79 | 4:25.89 | early days — 3 solves | 10 / 16 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 6:26.45 | — | early days — 1 solve | 28 / 30 |
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
- 6 Dec 2025Three personal bests in one day at MR Ulaanbaatar 2025.
- 25 Oct 2025Eight personal bests in one day at Mongolian Championship 2025.
- 19 Apr 2025Six personal bests in one day at Ulaanbaatar Nomad Mazaalai 2025.
- 30 Nov 2024Five personal bests in one day at Ulaanbaatar Winter 2024.
- 19 Oct 2024First sub-10 3×3: 9.01 at QY Mongolian Championship 2024.
- 19 Oct 2024Five personal bests in one day at QY Mongolian Championship 2024.
Competitions
- Ulaanbaatar Summer 2026 · 22 Jun 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- FMC World 2026 · 20 Jun 2026
- Songinokhairkhan Cup 2026 · 17 May 2026
- Zamiin-Uud Cup 2026 · 9 May 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Ulaanbaatar Spring 2026 · 28 Mar 2026 — 1 personal best set
- MR Ulaanbaatar 2025 · 6 Dec 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Mongolian Championship 2025 · 25 Oct 2025 — 8 personal bests set
- Ulaanbaatar Summer 2025 · 28 Jun 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Ulaanbaatar Nomad Mazaalai 2025 · 19 Apr 2025 — 6 personal bests set
- Ulaanbaatar Spring 2025 · 29 Mar 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Ulaanbaatar Winter 2024 · 30 Nov 2024 — 5 personal bests set
- Rubik's WCA Asian Championship 2024 · 1 Nov 2024 — 1 personal best set
- QY Mongolian Championship 2024 · 19 Oct 2024 — 5 personal bests set
- GAN Mongolian Open 2024 · 5 Oct 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Ulaanbaatar Big Cubes 2024 · 8 Jun 2024 — 1 personal best set
- MR Ulaanbaatar 2024 · 11 May 2024 — 5 personal bests set
- Ulaanbaatar Spring 2024 · 16 Mar 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Ulaanbaatar Cubing Challenge Feb 2024 · 17 Feb 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Ulaanbaatar Cubing Challenge Jan 2024 · 20 Jan 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.
- Dorjnamjin Khatanbaatar — met in 124 rounds, finished ahead 51 times
- Myagmardorj Ulziijargal (Өлзийжаргал Мягмардорж) — met in 117 rounds, finished ahead 33 times
- Uuganbayar Bayalagnasan (Баялагнасан Ууганбаяр) — met in 101 rounds, finished ahead 29 times
Next targets
- A sub-1 Skewb single — 35 people have one; it is 0.57 away.
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.68 away.
Targets move as he improves.