People · Kyrgyzstan
Karimbek Sakebaev
3×3 · top 25.0% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2025 · 2025SAKE03
Karimbek Sakebaev has been competing for 9 months. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 15.18, set at Almaty New Year 2026, puts him in the top 25.0% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 53rd in Kyrgyzstan. Across 3 competitions since November 2025, he has put 62 official solves on the record across eleven events. Karimbek has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Kyrgyzstan | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 15.18 | 17.11 | top 25.0% | 53 / 228 | |
| 2×2 | 3.96 | 5.69 | top 26.0% | 44 / 172 | |
| 4×4 | 1:05.24 | 1:17.11 | top 42.0% | 22 / 92 | |
| Pyraminx | 10.17 | 13.94 | top 54.4% | 77 / 148 | |
| 5×5 | 2:09.41 | — | early days — 1 solve | 11 / 35 | |
| Clock | 18.86 | 22.17 | top 61.3% | 13 / 19 | |
| Megaminx | 2:34.13 | — | early days — 1 solve | 15 / 40 | |
| Skewb | 15.24 | 20.64 | top 79.1% | 51 / 82 | |
| 7×7 | 7:40.93 | — | early days — 2 solves | 3 / 4 | |
| 6×6 | 5:26.63 | — | early days — 2 solves | 5 / 6 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 1:18.41 | — | early days — 2 solves | 58 / 68 |
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
- 29 Nov 2025First competition: Astana Open 2025. A 15.33 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Winter in Bishkek 2026 · 9 Jan 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Almaty New Year 2026 · 3 Jan 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Astana Open 2025 · 29 Nov 2025
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 18 rounds, never finished ahead
- Asset Agabekov — met in 17 rounds, never finished ahead
- Yeskendir Kenzhebolat — met in 16 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 0.18 away.
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.96 away.
Targets move as he improves.