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Tair Shakenov (Таир Шакенов)

3×3 blindfolded · top 44.2% of 12,178 all-time · competing since October 2017 · 2017SHAK04

Tair Shakenov (Таир Шакенов) has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3 blindfolded: a personal-best single of 2:32.85, set at Semey Open 2018, puts him in the top 44.2% of the 12,178 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 18th in Kazakhstan. Across 4 competitions since October 2017, he has put 24 official solves on the record across three events. His 3×3 best has come down from 34.53 in October 2017 to 24.46, a 29% improvement. Tair has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3 blindfolded
best event — top 44.2% of 12,178 all-time
2:32.85
signature single · Semey Open 2018
24
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingKazakhstan
3×3 blindfolded2:32.85
top 44.2%18 / 35
3×324.4627.74
top 51.4%597 / 1,315
2×28.0612.66
top 68.2%596 / 976

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

Kazakhstan Open 2017: 34.53Semey Open 2018: 24.4624.4634.538 Oct 20178 Jun 2018

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-2:00 3×3 blindfolded single — 4,077 people have one; it is 32.85 away.
  • A sub-20 3×3 single — 113,584 people have one; it is 4.46 away.

Targets move as he improves.