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Nurzhanbek Zinulla (Нуржанбек Зинулла)

Skewb · top 7.9% of 73,281 all-time · competing since March 2018 · 2018ZINU01

Nurzhanbek Zinulla (Нуржанбек Зинулла) has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the Skewb: a personal-best single of 3.53, set at Aktobe Cube Days 2018, puts him in the top 7.9% of the 73,281 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 37th in Kazakhstan. Until February 2014, no official Skewb solve in the world had been that fast. Across 3 competitions since March 2018, he has put 128 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 2 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 20.46 in March 2018 to 14.24, a 30% improvement. Nurzhanbek has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

Skewb
best event — top 7.9% of 73,281 all-time
3.53
signature single · Aktobe Cube Days 2018
128
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingKazakhstan
Skewb3.536.60
top 7.9%37 / 474
Pyraminx4.338.99
top 9.3%70 / 803
2×23.315.52
top 17.9%178 / 976
3×314.2415.78
top 21.8%258 / 1,315
4×453.221:05.39
top 28.6%120 / 415
Megaminx1:40.461:54.10
top 34.9%79 / 243
3×3 one-handed32.8734.98
top 53.1%182 / 330
Square-11:00.391:07.94
top 83.9%106 / 140
5×53:48.06
early days — 1 solve177 / 216

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

Aktobe Cube Days 2018: 20.46KSF Aktobe City 2019: 14.41Cubing Semey Open 2019: 14.2414.2420.463 Mar 201828 Jun 2019

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-3 Skewb single — 3,646 people have one; it is 0.53 away.
  • A sub-4 Pyraminx single — 9,892 people have one; it is 0.33 away.

Targets move as he improves.