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Erzhan Kaliev (Ержан Калиев)

3×3 · top 2.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since October 2017 · 2017KALI07

Erzhan Kaliev (Ержан Калиев) has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.61, set at Cubing Kazakhstan Nationals 2022, puts him in the top 2.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 24th in Kazakhstan. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since October 2017, he has put 163 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 52% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 11.63 in October 2017 to 7.61, a 35% improvement. Erzhan has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 2.1% of 284,439 all-time
7.61
signature single · Cubing Kazakhstan Nationals 2022
163
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 52% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingKazakhstan
3×37.619.97
top 2.1%24 / 1,315
3×3 one-handed11.5117.52
top 2.4%12 / 330
4×432.5741.00
top 4.6%26 / 415
2×22.974.32
top 13.9%139 / 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

Kazakhstan Open 2017: 11.63Cubing Kazakhstan Nationals 2018: 8.74KSF Nur-Sultan City 2019: 9.45Cubing Kazakhstan Nationals 2022: 7.617.6111.638 Oct 20174 Nov 2022

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-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.61 away.
  • A sub-10 3×3 one-handed single — 779 people have one; it is 1.51 away.

Targets move as he improves.