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Nurlan Zhanabatyr (Нурлан Жанабатыр)

2×2 · top 4.6% of 186,767 all-time · competing since June 2018 · 2018ZHNU02

Nurlan Zhanabatyr (Нурлан Жанабатыр) has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.98, set at Almaty Altyn Cube 2018, puts him in the top 4.6% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 38th in Kazakhstan. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 2 competitions since June 2018, he has put 135 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. His 2×2 best has come down from 3.41 in June 2018 to 1.98, a 42% improvement. Nurlan has entered two competitions.

2×2
best event — top 4.6% of 186,767 all-time
1.98
signature single · Almaty Altyn Cube 2018
135
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingKazakhstan
2×21.983.73
top 4.6%38 / 976
Pyraminx4.157.72
top 8.4%66 / 803
3×311.2713.70
top 11.3%140 / 1,315
3×3 one-handed21.9525.63
top 25.9%95 / 330
Megaminx1:37.601:53.35
top 33.1%76 / 243
4×41:03.331:11.32
top 40.0%153 / 415
Skewb8.2810.94
top 43.4%149 / 474
3×3 blindfolded3:13.34
early days — 2 solves25 / 35
5×52:22.162:40.43
top 62.1%127 / 216
Square-11:21.89
early days — 1 solve124 / 140

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

Almaty Summer 2018: 3.41Almaty Altyn Cube 2018: 1.981.983.412 Jun 20183 Nov 2018

Best single per competition, 2×2. 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 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.98 away.
  • A sub-4 Pyraminx single — 9,892 people have one; it is 0.15 away.

Targets move as he improves.