Almaty New Year 2026

Date: Jan 3 - 4, 2026
City: Almaty , Kazakhstan
Venue: KazLAACE university(КазГАСА)
Address: Ryskulbekova Street, 28, Almaty
Details: Recreational areas on the 1st floor
Contact: dzhanataev@worldcubeassociation.org
Organizers: Damir Zhanataev and Yeskendir Kenzhebolat
WCA Delegate: Damir Zhanataev

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Information

Almaty New Year 2026 — Алматы қаласында қысқы ашатын ашық жарыс.
Кез келген пәндер санына қатысу үшін базалық жарна – 4000 теңге.
Бұл жарысты QBERS командасы ұйымдастырады.

English

Almaty New Year 2026 is an open competition opening the winter season in Almaty.
The base registration fee for participation in any number of events is 4000 tenge.
This competitions is organized by the QBERS team.

Events
Main event
Competitors: 37

Registration period: Online registration opened and closed .
Registration requirements: This competition is over, click here to display the registration requirements it used.

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Create a WCA account here if you don't have one.
If this is not your first competition, associate your WCA ID to your WCA account here.
Register for this competition here.
There is a competitor limit of 50 competitors.
The base registration fee for this competition is 4,000 ₸ (Kazakhstani Tenge).
If your registration is cancelled before you will be refunded 100% of your registration fee.
Registrants on the waiting list may be accepted onto the competitor list until .
If you are a registered competitor you may change your registered events until by contacting the organization team.
No on the spot registrations will be accepted.
Any spectator can attend for free.

Қазақша

Қазақстандық қатысушылар қатысу ақысын Kaspi аударымы арқылы келесі нөмір бойынша төлей алады: +7 771 505 86 72 (Дамир Ж.)
Осыдан кейін чекті келесі WhatsApp нөміріне жіберу керек +7 771 505 86 72
Пәндердің кез-келген санына қатысқан кезде қатысу ақысы 4000 теңгені құрайды.
Шетелдік қатысушылар қатысу ақысын жарыстың өткзіліу орнында төлей алады.

English

Participants from Kazakhstan can pay the registration fee through Kaspi transfer to this number: +7 771 505 86 72 (Damir Z.)
You should then send the receipt to the same WhatsApp number +7 771 505 86 72
The registration fee is 4000 tenge for any number of events.
Foreign participants can pay the registration fee on the spot.
Highlights: Click here to display the highlights of the competition.

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Chengnuo Han (韩承诺) won with an average of 7.57 seconds in the 3x3x3 Cube event. Alisher Kurmash finished second (7.93) and Damir Zhanataev finished third (8.09).

3x3x3 Cube

#	Name	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
1	Chengnuo Han (韩承诺)	7.01	7.57	China	8.60	7.34	8.08	7.01	7.29
2	Alisher Kurmash	7.03	7.93	Kazakhstan	8.33	7.73	7.73	13.46	7.03
3	Damir Zhanataev	7.27	8.09	Kazakhstan	8.03	8.62	8.07	8.17	7.27

2x2x2 Cube

#	Name	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
1	Asset Agabekov	2.21	2.81	Kazakhstan	4.30	2.59	3.00	2.84	2.21
2	Yeskendir Kenzhebolat	2.51	2.93	Kazakhstan	3.10	2.56	3.12	3.12	2.51
3	Aibolat Barys	2.20	3.28	Kazakhstan	2.48	5.07	2.31	2.20	5.06

4x4x4 Cube

#	Name	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
1	Chengnuo Han (韩承诺)	29.79	31.78	China	33.10	31.53	33.31	30.72	29.79
2	Alisher Kurmash	31.20	32.61	Kazakhstan	31.32	36.17	31.20	34.97	31.55
3	Asset Agabekov	28.43	32.69	Kazakhstan	33.34	28.43	32.46	36.37	32.26

5x5x5 Cube

#	Name	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
1	Diasbek Zhuraev (Диасбек Жураев)	57.32	1:00.74	Kazakhstan	1:02.10	1:00.84	57.32	1:01.07	1:00.31
2	Alisher Kurmash	54.17	1:00.79	Kazakhstan	54.17	1:05.19	1:05.64	1:02.85	54.34
3	Chengnuo Han (韩承诺)	53.29	1:01.40	China	1:01.06	53.29	1:03.54	1:02.81	1:00.34

6x6x6 Cube

#	Name	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
1	Diasbek Zhuraev (Диасбек Жураев)	1:43.42	1:46.73	Kazakhstan	1:43.42	1:50.74	1:46.04
2	Yiming Lin (林伊铭)	1:44.58	1:48.17	China	1:44.58	1:49.66	1:50.28
3	Chengnuo Han (韩承诺)	1:42.83	1:49.74	China	1:42.83	1:46.88	1:59.51

7x7x7 Cube

#	Name	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
1	Yiming Lin (林伊铭)	2:29.54	2:36.11	China	2:29.54	2:35.52	2:43.28
2	Chengnuo Han (韩承诺)	2:40.07	2:55.05	China	2:56.94	3:08.13	2:40.07
3	Asset Agabekov	2:52.42	3:04.20	Kazakhstan	3:16.56	3:03.62	2:52.42

3x3x3 One-Handed

#	Name	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
1	Chengnuo Han (韩承诺)	10.64	11.28	China	11.06	12.10	11.38	10.64	11.40
2	Asset Agabekov	11.78	13.69	Kazakhstan	16.09	14.44	11.81	14.83	11.78
3	Alisher Kurmash	10.74	13.71	Kazakhstan	10.74	13.52	18.29	15.99	11.61

Clock

#	Name	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
1	Esen Shaimardan	5.59	6.58	Kazakhstan	5.59	6.10	7.05	6.60	DNF
2	Yeskendir Kenzhebolat	5.64	7.60	Kazakhstan	10.19	6.78	8.16	5.64	7.85
3	Alan Suslov	4.77	7.61	Kazakhstan	4.77	10.18	DNF	6.77	5.87

Megaminx

#	Name	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
1	Asset Agabekov	42.41	46.40	Kazakhstan	46.22	45.94	42.41	59.32	47.04
2	Alisher Kurmash	41.33	52.32	Kazakhstan	50.44	50.81	55.70	41.33	55.78
3	Adelina Adibaeva (Аделина Адибаева)	47.18	54.89	Kazakhstan	58.43	48.32	58.05	58.30	47.18

Pyraminx

#	Name	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
1	Adelina Adibaeva (Аделина Адибаева)	3.35	4.37	Kazakhstan	4.56	4.24	3.35	6.87	4.30
2	Yeskendir Kenzhebolat	2.24	4.38	Kazakhstan	5.75	3.85	3.55	2.24	6.25
3	Damir Zhanataev	3.82	5.22	Kazakhstan	9.73	4.01	4.78	3.82	6.87

Skewb

#	Name	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
1	Adelina Adibaeva (Аделина Адибаева)	3.31	3.86	Kazakhstan	3.89	3.31	4.10	5.16	3.59
2	Alisher Kurmash	4.35	5.33	Kazakhstan	5.86	6.06	5.23	4.35	4.91
3	Yeskendir Kenzhebolat	5.18	5.73	Kazakhstan	6.17	5.67	7.79	5.18	5.34

Square-1

#	Name	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
1	Yeskendir Kenzhebolat	14.35	16.02	Kazakhstan	15.75	14.35	17.75	15.40	16.92
2	Alisher Kurmash	11.03	17.33	Kazakhstan	17.50	11.03	14.02	20.48	20.55
3	Adelina Adibaeva (Аделина Адибаева)	11.77	17.92	Kazakhstan	16.39	DNF	11.77	22.43	14.93