Competitions · Kazakhstan

Almaty Spring 2024

Almaty · 26 March 2024 · 13 events · 37 competitors · 89 personal bests

Asset Agabekov won four of the 13 events (6×6, 3×3 Fewest Moves, 3×3 one-handed) and the closest final was the 6×6, won by Asset Agabekov by 0.34 seconds. 37 competitors produced 89 personal bests, 27 of which still stand today, and six people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Chyngyz Sultanbekov (Чынгыз Султанбеков) set the 4×4 single national record: 24.87.

Four wins

Asset Agabekov — 6×6, 3×3 Fewest Moves, 3×3 one-handed, Megaminx

0.34s

closest final — 6×6, Asset Agabekov over Chyngyz Sultanbekov (Чынгыз Султанбеков)

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Chyngyz Sultanbekov (Чынгыз Султанбеков)	5.75	6.31
2×2	Ekaterina Kaneva	1.61	2.06
4×4	Chyngyz Sultanbekov (Чынгыз Султанбеков)	24.87	31.91
5×5	Chyngyz Sultanbekov (Чынгыз Султанбеков)	1:01.30	1:04.58
6×6	Asset Agabekov	1:51.94	2:05.78
7×7	Damir Zhanataev	3:40.00	3:46.41
3×3 blindfolded	Abylai Orazalin (Абылай Оразалин)	45.76	49.30
3×3 Fewest Moves	Asset Agabekov	29 moves	—
3×3 one-handed	Asset Agabekov	11.71	12.44
Clock	Ekaterina Kaneva	6.30	6.52
Megaminx	Asset Agabekov	42.43	50.94
Pyraminx	Damir Zhanataev	3.69	4.97
Skewb	Ekaterina Kaneva	3.00	4.02

The PB harvest

89 set · 27 still standing

Ekaterina Kaneva — 3×3 single 6.81: into the top 1.1% of the event's history.
Shyngys Sharapadin (Шынгыс Шарападин) — 3×3 single 9.02: into the top 4.9% of the event's history.
Ekaterina Kaneva — 4×4 single 35.40: into the top 7.1% of the event's history.
Alexander Katyukov (Александр Катюков) — Skewb single 4.15: into the top 11.9% of the event's history.
Asset Agabekov — 3×3 Fewest Moves single 29 moves: into the top 12.2% of the event's history.
Alexander Katyukov (Александр Катюков) — Pyraminx single 5.31: into the top 15.1% of the event's history.
Shyngys Sharapadin (Шынгыс Шарападин) — 4×4 single 43.07: into the top 15.8% of the event's history.
Tanish Lal — 2×2 single 3.60: into the top 21.4% of the event's history.

First-timers

Six people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 32,954 people who made their debut in 2024. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

8 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

37 competitors · 318 results · 13 events.

Solve this final yourself

how this works →

The 3×3 final here ran on one scramble group, so these five sequences are exactly what the finalists faced. Chyngyz Sultanbekov (Чынгыз Султанбеков) won it with a 6.31 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

1R2 D' B F' D2 F R2 B F' R' U F R' D2 B' U' L' B
2F2 D2 L' D2 R' F2 L R2 D F' D B2 L B D R' B' U'
3U' F U2 B2 F2 U2 L R2 F2 D2 U' B F' R D' R F L D
4B' L F U' B2 R D F R2 B2 R2 U2 F2 U L2 U D2 R2 D2 B'
5B2 L' F' R2 B' U2 B' L2 D' F2 D2 F2 B2 R2 U B2 U B U2

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

37 competitors

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 final is a competition's last round; its order decides the podium · a DNF (did not finish) is an attempt with no valid result: a popped piece, an unsolved face, an over-limit memorisation · every solve starts from a computer-generated scramble, the same for every competitor in a round.