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Alper Şakım vs Alikhan Zhanybekov

Two careers, 187 shared rounds, one running count. Everything below comes from the official results the two of them posted in the same rounds of the same competitions.

Alper Şakım (Turkey) and Alikhan Zhanybekov (Kyrgyzstan) have met in 187 rounds across 16 competitions since 2022. Counting every round where both finished with a result, Alikhan Zhanybekov leads Alper Şakım: 140 finishes in front to 45 and 2 ties.

On personal bests the split is just as plain: across 13 shared events, Alikhan Zhanybekov holds the faster single in 11, Alper Şakım in 2.

Personal bests, side by side

faster single in bold
EventAlper Şakım singleaverageAlikhan Zhanybekov singleaverage
3×38.229.636.748.22
2×21.573.821.252.71
4×430.6436.5528.0832.86
5×559.501:05.4450.7154.48
6×61:59.782:05.461:54.992:00.77
7×73:35.593:41.403:24.143:45.27
3×3 Fewest Moves37 moves41.6734 moves34.67
3×3 one-handed13.4016.7116.9120.88
Clock6.147.2214.1215.68
Megaminx1:20.441:27.0245.5852.01
Pyraminx4.407.022.954.66
Skewb5.548.044.508.02
Square-113.4117.279.2911.95

Year by year

every meeting, 187 rounds in all
20222024busiest year: 96 meetings2022: 962023: 692024: 22

Recent meetings

newest first · averages where the round ranked on one, singles otherwise
YearCompetitionEventRoundAlper ŞakımAlikhan Zhanybekovahead
2024Turkish Nationals 20242×2First round4.383.74Alikhan Zhanybekov
2024Turkish Nationals 20242×2Semi Final6.042.73Alikhan Zhanybekov
2024Turkish Nationals 20242×2Second round4.674.04Alikhan Zhanybekov
2024Turkish Nationals 20243×3Semi Final11.678.83Alikhan Zhanybekov
2024Turkish Nationals 20243×3Second round10.9710.28Alikhan Zhanybekov
2024Turkish Nationals 20243×3First round10.629.43Alikhan Zhanybekov
2024Turkish Nationals 20243×3 Fewest MovesFinal41.6741 movesAlper Şakım
2024Turkish Nationals 20243×3 one-handedSecond round20.7735.57Alper Şakım
2024Turkish Nationals 20243×3 one-handedFirst round19.4727.36Alper Şakım
2024Turkish Nationals 20244×4Second round44.9436.47Alikhan Zhanybekov
2024Turkish Nationals 20244×4First round44.2836.98Alikhan Zhanybekov
2024Turkish Nationals 20245×5First round1:13.981:03.06Alikhan Zhanybekov
2024Turkish Nationals 20245×5Final1:15.641:02.37Alikhan Zhanybekov
2024Turkish Nationals 20246×6Final2:11.162:00.77Alikhan Zhanybekov

Full careers: Alper Şakım · Alikhan Zhanybekov. A meeting is a round of one event at one competition where both finished with a counted result. Who finished ahead follows official placing in the round: rounds played to an average are won on the average, best-of rounds on the single.