PBQ in Almaty 2026


Date
Jan 17 - 18, 2026
City
Almaty , Kazakhstan
Venue

Schoolchildren's House №3

Address
Vakhtangov Lane, 2a
Details

classroom #116 on the 1st floor

Contact

dzhanataev@worldcubeassociation.org

Organizers
Azamat Seitbekov (Азамат Сейтбеков) and Damir Zhanataev
WCA Delegates
Damir Zhanataev and Igor Aipkin
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Information

PBQ Almaty 2026 байқауы ашық жарыс болып табылады, онда тек FMC және көзді байлау жарыстары бар.
Кез келген пәндер санына қатысу үшін базалық жарна – 4000 теңге.
Бұл жарысты QBERS командасы ұйымдастырады.

English

PBQ in Almaty 2026 is an open competition with only FMC and blind events.
3x3 blindfolded is the main event of this competition.
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
12
Registration period

Online registration opened and closed .

Registration requirements
This competition is over, click here to display the registration requirements it used.
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 15 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.


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
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Andrey Koposov (Андрей Копосов) won with a single solve of 23.44 seconds in the 3x3x3 Blindfolded event. Andrei Ilin (Андрей Ильин) finished second (34.67) and Zaya Qiaolong (俏龙扎雅) finished third (48.85).

3x3x3 Blindfolded

# Name Best Average Representing Solves
1 Andrey Koposov (Андрей Копосов) 23.44 DNF Russia DNF32.0632.2723.44DNF
2 Andrei Ilin (Андрей Ильин) 34.67 DNF Russia DNF34.67DNFDNFDNF
3 Zaya Qiaolong (俏龙扎雅) 48.85 DNF China DNFDNF50.51DNF48.85

3x3x3 Fewest Moves

# Name Best Average Representing Solves
1 Ge Shi (石歌) 22 27.33 China 303022
2 Asset Agabekov 32 32.33 Kazakhstan 323233
3 Yeskendir Kenzhebolat 35 42.33 Kazakhstan 413551

4x4x4 Blindfolded

# Name Best Average Representing Solves
1 Andrey Koposov (Андрей Копосов) 2:33.18 DNF Russia DNF2:33.18DNF
2 Igor Aipkin 5:38.89 DNF Uzbekistan 7:36.215:38.89DNF
3 Diasbek Zhuraev (Диасбек Жураев) 7:11.17 DNF Kazakhstan 7:11.17DNFDNF

5x5x5 Blindfolded

# Name Best Average Representing Solves
1 Andrei Ilin (Андрей Ильин) 10:05.00 DNF Russia DNF10:05.00DNF
2 Igor Aipkin 13:42.00 NR DNF Uzbekistan 13:42.00DNFDNF
3 Zaya Qiaolong (俏龙扎雅) 28:35.00 29:36.00 China 28:35.0030:12.0030:00.00

3x3x3 Multi-Blind

# Name Best Average Representing Solves
1 Andrei Ilin (Андрей Ильин) 17/19 54:37 Russia 15/17 53:0517/21 58:2517/19 54:37
2 Ge Shi (石歌) 13/14 53:03 China 11/13 52:1411/14 55:1213/14 53:03
3 Igor Aipkin 13/14 57:14 Uzbekistan 11/12 49:4112/14 56:0313/14 57:14
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