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Sayan Yesengeldy (Саян Есенгельды)

2×2 · top 3.2% of 186,767 all-time · competing since June 2019 · 2019YESE01

Sayan Yesengeldy (Саян Есенгельды) has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.72, set at Cubing Khan Shatyr Open 2022, puts him in the top 3.2% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 19th in Kazakhstan. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since June 2019, he has put 177 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 77% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 19.15 in June 2019 to 10.02, a 48% improvement. Sayan has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 3.2% of 186,767 all-time
1.72
signature single · Cubing Khan Shatyr Open 2022
177
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 77% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingKazakhstan
2×21.724.56
top 3.2%19 / 976
3×310.0211.96
top 7.5%97 / 1,315
Skewb3.996.29
top 10.8%53 / 474
Pyraminx6.149.24
top 21.0%151 / 803
4×454.731:03.24
top 30.4%127 / 415
3×3 one-handed28.9533.02
top 44.3%157 / 330

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

Cubing Semey Open 2019: 19.15KSF Club Semey 2021: 15.38NIS & KSF OPEN 2022: 11.18Cubing Khan Shatyr Open 2022: 10.02KSF Club Semey 2022: 10.8710.0219.1528 Jun 201914 May 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-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.72 away.
  • A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.02 away.

Targets move as he improves.