People · Kazakhstan
Esen Shaimardan
Clock · top 1.5% of 32,817 all-time · competing since December 2022 · 2022SHAI10
Esen Shaimardan has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the Clock: a personal-best single of 3.53, set at Cubing Kazakhstan Nationals 2026, puts him in the top 1.5% of the 32,817 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3rd in Kazakhstan. Until July 2018, no official Clock solve in the world had been that fast. Across 14 competitions since December 2022, he has put 762 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 68% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 19.91 in December 2022 to 10.28, a 48% improvement. Esen has entered 14 competitions, more competitions than 95% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Kazakhstan | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clock | 3.53 | 4.86 | top 1.5% | 3 / 136 | |
| 2×2 | 2.13 | 4.31 | top 5.7% | 48 / 988 | |
| Skewb | 3.14 | 7.36 | top 5.7% | 30 / 478 | |
| 3×3 | 10.28 | 11.76 | top 8.3% | 109 / 1,325 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.33 | 5.66 | top 9.4% | 70 / 812 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 15.93 | 22.10 | top 10.1% | 46 / 338 | |
| Square-1 | 13.38 | 20.25 | top 12.8% | 15 / 141 | |
| 4×4 | 55.21 | 1:01.77 | top 31.1% | 131 / 422 | |
| 5×5 | 1:38.81 | 1:53.33 | top 34.5% | 68 / 216 | |
| Megaminx | 1:42.47 | 2:09.46 | top 36.2% | 83 / 247 |
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
- 31 May 2025Three personal bests in one day at Almaty Summer 2025.
- 10 May 2025Five personal bests in one day at QBERS League In Astana 2025.
- 25 Oct 2024Six personal bests in one day at Cubing Kazakhstan Nationals 2024.
- 26 Mar 2024Five personal bests in one day at Almaty Spring 2024.
- 27 Jan 2024Four personal bests in one day at Almaty Cubers Open 2024.
- 3 Nov 2023First sub-15 3×3: 14.59 at Cubing Kazakhstan Nationals 2023.
Competitions
- Cubing Skills in Almaty 2026 · 26 Sep 2026
- Cubing Kazakhstan Nationals 2026 · 21 Aug 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- KILC Cubing 2026 · 9 Jul 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Almaty Cubing Rush 2026 · 11 Apr 2026
- Almaty New Year 2026 · 3 Jan 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Astana Open 2025 · 29 Nov 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Almaty Summer 2025 · 31 May 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- QBERS League In Astana 2025 · 10 May 2025 — 5 personal bests set
- Cubing Kazakhstan Nationals 2024 · 25 Oct 2024 — 6 personal bests set
- Almaty Spring 2024 · 26 Mar 2024 — 5 personal bests set
- Almaty Cubers Open 2024 · 27 Jan 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Cubing Kazakhstan Nationals 2023 · 3 Nov 2023 — 9 personal bests set
- Save Ramir Cubing Kazakhstan 2023 · 25 Mar 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- KSF Club Almaty 2022 · 10 Dec 2022
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.
- Damir Zhanataev — met in 167 rounds, finished ahead 21 times
- Asset Agabekov — met in 157 rounds, finished ahead 13 times
- Azamat Seitbekov (Азамат Сейтбеков) — met in 124 rounds, finished ahead 33 times
Next targets
- A sub-3 Clock single — 248 people have one; it is 0.53 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 9,039 people have one; it is 0.13 away.
Targets move as he improves.