NxNxN in Astana 2026

Date: Apr 5, 2026
City: Astana, Kazakhstan
Venue: Ivy catering studio
Address: Zhurgenova 18/2
Details: Assembly Hall
Contact: dzhanataev@worldcubeassociation.org
Organizers: Damir Issakov and Damir Zhanataev
WCA Delegates: Damir Issakov and Damir Zhanataev

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NxNxN in Astana 2026 – Астанадағы ресми байқау.
Барлық іс-шараға қатысу үшін негізгі құны – 5000 теңге.
Бұл жарысты QBERS командасы ұйымдастырады.

English:
NxNxN in Astana 2026 – official competition in Astana.
The basic fee for participation in all event is 5000 tenge.
This competition is organized by the QBERS team.

Events
Main event
Competitors: 18

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There is a competitor limit of 40 competitors.
The base registration fee for this competition is 5,000 ₸ (Kazakhstani Tenge).
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Барлық сайыстар үшін негізгі тіркелу жарнасы – 5000 теңге. Оны жарыс өтетін күні, тіркеу орнында қолма-қол төлеу қажет. Егер тіркелуіңізді 30 наурызға дейін жоймасаңыз, QBERS ұйымдастыратын келесі жарыста 5000 теңге төлеуіңіз керек болады.
Егер бейдж және қатысу сертификатын алғыңыз келсе, пікір қалдырып, қосымша 500 теңге төлеуіңіз қажет.

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Base registration fee for all events is 5000 tenge. You will need to pay it on site on the day of the competition in cash. If you do not cancel your registration before March 30, you will need to pay 5000 tenge at the next competition organized by QBERS.
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Damir Issakov won with an average of 8.08 seconds in the 3x3x3 Cube event. Damir Zhanataev finished second (8.54) and Diasbek Zhuraev (Диасбек Жураев) finished third (9.85).

Abzal Amirgali - Kazakhstan WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
3x3x3 Cube	Final	6	9.73	11.37	Kazakhstan	13.30	22.95	10.13	10.68	9.73
	First round	6	10.48	12.22	Kazakhstan	13.24	13.90	12.14	10.48	11.29
2x2x2 Cube	Final	2	3.12	3.95	Kazakhstan	3.12	4.10	3.71	4.04	5.87
4x4x4 Cube	Final	5	38.01	41.09	Kazakhstan	42.92	39.77	40.57	44.12	38.01
5x5x5 Cube	Final	5	1:09.38	1:19.70	Kazakhstan	1:30.07	1:24.29	1:17.53	1:09.38	1:17.27
6x6x6 Cube	Final	4	2:46.78	3:38.70	Kazakhstan	2:46.78	4:27.55	3:41.78
7x7x7 Cube	Final	3	5:04.92		Kazakhstan	5:04.92
3x3x3 One-Handed	Final	6	17.94	19.96	Kazakhstan	18.68	20.06	24.96	21.13	17.94

Aidar Nadir - Kazakhstan WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
3x3x3 Cube	Final	5	8.76	10.56	Kazakhstan	11.91	13.63	10.97	8.80	8.76
	First round	3	7.76	10.02	Kazakhstan	9.64	10.27	7.76	12.40	10.16
2x2x2 Cube	Final	4	3.70	4.38	Kazakhstan	3.79	4.95	3.70	4.41	7.28
4x4x4 Cube	Final	6	42.32	43.35	Kazakhstan	42.36	44.25	46.96	43.44	42.32
5x5x5 Cube	Final	6	1:19.17	1:29.35	Kazakhstan	1:24.25	1:29.36	DNF	1:34.44	1:19.17
3x3x3 One-Handed	Final	5	17.73	19.86	Kazakhstan	19.19	18.95	21.45	17.73	23.84

Aisultan Turganbay - Kazakhstan WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
3x3x3 Cube	Final	7	10.78	11.90	Kazakhstan	11.04	12.10	12.55	13.84	10.78
	First round	7	12.59	13.73	Kazakhstan	14.68	15.56	13.19	13.32	12.59
2x2x2 Cube	Final	10	5.65	6.23	Kazakhstan	5.72	6.18	10.69	6.79	5.65
4x4x4 Cube	Final	7	45.77	53.52	Kazakhstan	55.55	59.05	46.61	58.41	45.77
5x5x5 Cube	Final	11	DNF		Kazakhstan	DNF	DNF
3x3x3 One-Handed	Final	8	22.21	30.59	Kazakhstan	34.50	26.00	33.61	22.21	32.15

Anton Kulyukin - Russia WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
3x3x3 Cube	First round	16	24.86	29.16	Russia	36.49	25.49	27.13	34.87	24.86
2x2x2 Cube	Final	8	4.19	5.56	Russia	5.81	5.85	5.01	7.43	4.19
4x4x4 Cube	Final	14	2:30.28		Russia	2:37.41	2:30.28
3x3x3 One-Handed	Final	13	40.88	44.06	Russia	52.25	45.30	40.88	45.10	41.79

Arlan Nurakhan - Kazakhstan WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
3x3x3 Cube	First round	13	14.94	19.32	Kazakhstan	20.86	22.28	19.71	14.94	17.40
2x2x2 Cube	Final	12	3.93	6.58	Kazakhstan	6.22	8.75	7.95	5.56	3.93
4x4x4 Cube	Final	13	1:51.99		Kazakhstan	1:51.99	1:58.49

Dalel Zhanataev - Kazakhstan WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best		Average		Representing	Solves
3x3x3 Cube	First round	17	30.32		40.08		Kazakhstan	1:02.04	41.04	34.64	44.55	30.32

Damir Issakov - Kazakhstan WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
3x3x3 Cube	Final	1	7.07	8.08	Kazakhstan	7.79	7.07	8.54	9.30	7.91
	First round	1	6.98	8.85	Kazakhstan	8.57	9.38	8.59	10.59	6.98
2x2x2 Cube	Final	5	3.08	4.51	Kazakhstan	7.12	4.22	5.06	4.26	3.08
4x4x4 Cube	Final	3	27.56	33.70	Kazakhstan	33.34	DNF	35.20	32.56	27.56
5x5x5 Cube	Final	4	1:07.43	1:13.18	Kazakhstan	1:11.41	1:07.43	1:14.51	1:13.61	1:22.63
3x3x3 One-Handed	Final	2	11.75	14.49	Kazakhstan	17.72	12.37	11.75	23.11	13.37

Damir Zhanataev - Kazakhstan WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
3x3x3 Cube	Final	2	7.73	8.54	Kazakhstan	7.83	8.71	7.73	9.08	9.39
	First round	2	7.64	9.72	Kazakhstan	8.78	10.56	7.64	9.85	10.54
2x2x2 Cube	Final	1	2.53	3.17	Kazakhstan	2.94	2.53	2.96	3.62	4.60
4x4x4 Cube	Final	4	26.81	34.85	Kazakhstan	32.21	43.01	26.81	47.50	29.33
5x5x5 Cube	Final	1	57.06	1:03.69	Kazakhstan	58.51	1:05.64	1:07.02	1:06.93	57.06
6x6x6 Cube	Final	3	1:54.52	1:58.88	Kazakhstan	2:00.13	2:01.98	1:54.52
7x7x7 Cube	Final	4	DNF		Kazakhstan	DNF
3x3x3 One-Handed	Final	1	11.86	14.35	Kazakhstan	15.93	11.86	13.77	16.33	13.34

Daniel Zhanataev - Kazakhstan WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best		Average		Representing	Solves
3x3x3 Cube	First round	18	38.54		56.39		Kazakhstan	38.54	45.34	1:14.69	49.14	1:18.17

Danil Zuev (Данил Зуев) - Russia WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
3x3x3 Cube	Final	4	9.39	9.88	Russia	9.90	10.83	10.08	9.39	9.66
	First round	4	8.78	11.01	Russia	11.34	12.55	DNF	8.78	9.15
2x2x2 Cube	Final	11	3.55	6.56	Russia	11.37	5.04	3.55	7.12	7.53
4x4x4 Cube	Final	2	29.57	33.57	Russia	33.20	29.57	33.79	33.71	34.98
5x5x5 Cube	Final	2	53.61	1:03.70	Russia	1:03.17	53.61	1:05.57	1:02.35	1:07.73
6x6x6 Cube	Final	2	1:55.12	1:58.22	Russia	1:58.59	2:00.95	1:55.12
7x7x7 Cube	Final	2	2:59.26	3:04.93	Russia	3:01.62	3:13.90	2:59.26
3x3x3 One-Handed	Final	7	20.86	24.74	Russia	31.16	22.63	22.95	20.86	28.64

Dias Toregeldin - Kazakhstan WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
3x3x3 Cube	First round	14	19.44	20.85	Kazakhstan	20.63	19.44	21.13	22.57	20.79
2x2x2 Cube	Final	14	7.32	8.35	Kazakhstan	8.13	7.32	9.75	8.56	8.35
4x4x4 Cube	Final	10	1:17.01		Kazakhstan	1:29.72	1:17.01
5x5x5 Cube	Final	8	2:32.37		Kazakhstan	2:32.37	2:48.47
3x3x3 One-Handed	Final	12	35.08	43.82	Kazakhstan	47.05	35.08	38.87	1:05.55	45.53

Diasbek Zhuraev (Диасбек Жураев) - Kazakhstan WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best		Average		Representing	Solves
3x3x3 Cube	Final	3	9.28		9.85		Kazakhstan	10.68	9.53	10.24	9.28	9.77
	First round	5	9.88		11.56		Kazakhstan	DNF	10.38	12.58	9.88	11.73
2x2x2 Cube	Final	6	3.42		4.80		Kazakhstan	6.08	6.62	3.42	4.86	3.47
4x4x4 Cube	Final	1	31.45		33.04		Kazakhstan	32.36	31.45	33.71	35.84	33.05
5x5x5 Cube	Final	3	56.12		1:04.36		Kazakhstan	1:11.20	56.12	1:05.96	1:02.57	1:04.56
6x6x6 Cube	Final	1	1:46.73		1:52.06		Kazakhstan	1:48.01	2:01.44	1:46.73
7x7x7 Cube	Final	1	2:27.19	NR	2:34.38	NR	Kazakhstan	2:37.99	2:37.97	2:27.19
3x3x3 One-Handed	Final	3	14.52		16.58		Kazakhstan	19.44	14.52	17.86	16.58	15.29

Emil Elegenov - Kazakhstan WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
3x3x3 Cube	First round	15	21.10	22.73	Kazakhstan	29.58	23.69	21.10	22.71	21.78
2x2x2 Cube	Final	15	9.39	10.19	Kazakhstan	10.12	9.39	13.13	9.59	10.85
3x3x3 One-Handed	Final	14	1:03.03	1:05.94	Kazakhstan	1:15.33	1:03.03	1:08.47	1:04.39	1:04.97

Kamil Zhunissov - Kazakhstan WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
3x3x3 Cube	Final	8	12.16	15.41	Kazakhstan	18.57	21.31	14.48	13.18	12.16
	First round	8	10.89	14.08	Kazakhstan	DNF	11.33	17.05	13.87	10.89
2x2x2 Cube	Final	13	4.75	6.61	Kazakhstan	4.75	6.90	4.88	8.04	8.84
4x4x4 Cube	Final	12	1:33.31		Kazakhstan	1:38.22	1:33.31
5x5x5 Cube	Final	9	2:52.02		Kazakhstan	3:37.16	2:52.02
3x3x3 One-Handed	Final	4	18.29	19.41	Kazakhstan	38.04	19.31	18.29	19.70	19.22

Lev Golaev - Kazakhstan WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
3x3x3 Cube	First round	11	11.89	17.15	Kazakhstan	16.60	11.89	24.17	21.84	13.00
2x2x2 Cube	Final	9	4.61	5.67	Kazakhstan	5.31	5.97	4.61	5.97	5.72
4x4x4 Cube	Final	11	1:17.13		Kazakhstan	1:17.13	1:39.60
3x3x3 One-Handed	Final	10	31.38	33.48	Kazakhstan	33.00	32.18	35.26	31.38	37.11

Maksat Amantaev (Максат Амантаев) - Kazakhstan WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
3x3x3 Cube	First round	12	12.84	18.15	Kazakhstan	17.19	21.31	29.13	12.84	15.94
2x2x2 Cube	Final	3	2.86	4.21	Kazakhstan	7.74	4.66	3.27	4.71	2.86
4x4x4 Cube	Final	9	1:03.53		Kazakhstan	1:03.53	1:16.38
5x5x5 Cube	Final	10	3:11.57		Kazakhstan	DNF	3:11.57
3x3x3 One-Handed	Final	11	33.80	37.91	Kazakhstan	38.30	48.89	39.54	33.80	35.89

Timur Beksultan - Kazakhstan WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
3x3x3 Cube	First round	9	13.99	14.46	Kazakhstan	14.84	14.14	14.39	13.99	15.80
2x2x2 Cube	Final	7	3.56	5.06	Kazakhstan	3.56	4.34	3.90	6.95	DNF
4x4x4 Cube	Final	8	48.86	53.70	Kazakhstan	50.77	48.86	51.56	58.77	1:00.74
5x5x5 Cube	Final	7	2:26.16		Kazakhstan	2:26.16	3:24.27
3x3x3 One-Handed	Final	9	24.24	31.49	Kazakhstan	38.96	31.37	36.62	24.24	26.47

Vladimir Sergeev - Russia WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best		Average		Representing	Solves
3x3x3 Cube	First round	10	11.59		14.73		Russia	20.24	16.69	13.65	11.59	13.85