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Zhantuar Zholdasov (Жантуар Жолдасов)

2×2 · top 1.6% of 186,767 all-time · competing since October 2017 · 2017ZHOL01

Zhantuar Zholdasov (Жантуар Жолдасов) has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.38, set at Almaty Altyn Cube 2018, puts him in the top 1.6% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 7th in Kazakhstan. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 19 competitions since October 2017, he has put 896 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 73% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 18.81 in October 2017 to 8.92, a 53% improvement. Zhantuar has entered 19 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 1.6% of 186,767 all-time
1.38
signature single · Almaty Altyn Cube 2018
896
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 73% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingKazakhstan
2×21.383.07
top 1.6%7 / 976
3×38.9211.75
top 4.7%65 / 1,315
Pyraminx3.606.40
top 5.9%44 / 803
Skewb3.937.19
top 10.4%51 / 474
4×443.5755.11
top 16.5%75 / 415
3×3 one-handed19.4220.50
top 19.0%74 / 330
5×51:42.462:02.92
top 37.2%76 / 216
Clock13.5017.25
top 41.8%55 / 135
3×3 Fewest Moves39 moves
top 44.7%26 / 62
Square-137.9245.24
top 62.7%78 / 140
Megaminx2:51.95
early days — 3 solves150 / 243
6×64:52.565:04.50
early days — 3 solves53 / 62

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: 18.81Uzbekistan Open 2017: 24.14Kyrgyzstan Open 2017: 14.81Aktobe Cube Days 2018: 14.32Almaty Summer 2018: 15.18Semey Open 2018: 14.20Cubing Kazakhstan Nationals 2018: 13.82Almaty Altyn Cube 2018: 11.08Almaty Winter Cube 2019: 11.35KSF Ust-Kamenogorsk City 2019: 11.25KSF Almaty City 2019: 11.47KSF Karaganda City 2019: 10.18KSF Nur-Sultan City 2019: 10.85Cubing Semey Open 2019: 8.92SCS1 Almaty Open Air 2019: 10.51Economics Lyceum Cube 2019: 11.24Cubing Kazakhstan Nationals 2019: 10.30KSF Club Almaty 2022: 10.918.9224.148 Oct 201710 Dec 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 0.38 away.
  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.92 away.

Targets move as he improves.