People · Turkey
Ahmet Faruk Acar
3×3 blindfolded · top 0.99% of 12,178 all-time · competing since March 2022 · 2022ACAR01
Ahmet Faruk Acar has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3 blindfolded: a personal-best single of 18.92, set at 100 Years Republic İstanbul 2023, puts him in the top 0.99% of the 12,178 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1st in Turkey. Until November 2016, no official 3×3 blindfolded solve in the world had been that fast. Across 9 competitions since March 2022, he has put 214 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 51% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 10.74 in March 2022 to 8.25, a 23% improvement. Ahmet has entered nine competitions, more competitions than 91% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Turkey | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 blindfolded | 18.92 | 20.86 | top 0.99% | 1 / 43 | |
| 3×3 | 8.25 | 9.66 | top 3.2% | 40 / 2,193 | |
| 3×3 Multi-Blind | 21 of 28 cubes · 56:31 | — | early days — 2 solves | 1 / 6 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 17.60 | 20.93 | top 14.1% | 38 / 566 | |
| 2×2 | 3.11 | 5.58 | top 15.5% | 221 / 1,647 | |
| 4×4 blindfolded | 4:36.66 | — | early days — 2 solves | 1 / 1 | |
| 4×4 | 48.33 | 56.21 | top 22.5% | 73 / 463 | |
| 5×5 | 2:17.46 | — | top 59.6% | 95 / 181 | |
| Pyraminx | 12.20 | 13.45 | top 68.4% | 761 / 1,188 | |
| Skewb | 12.55 | 17.42 | top 68.7% | 372 / 649 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 63 moves | — | early days — 1 solve | 68 / 72 |
Percentile against all competitors ever ranked in each event, a fairer measure than raw rank, because the pools differ by a factor of ten.
The line so far
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 30 Dec 2022First sub-10 3×3: 8.25 at See You Next Year İstanbul 2023.
- 30 Dec 2022Four personal bests in one day at See You Next Year İstanbul 2023.
- 29 Oct 2022Five personal bests in one day at Atatürk Cube Weekend 2022.
- 28 May 2022Five personal bests in one day at İstanbul Spring 2022.
- 12 Mar 2022First competition: Back to İstanbul 2022. A 10.74 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Turkish Nationals 2024 · 14 Nov 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Ankara August 2024 · 10 Aug 2024 — 1 personal best set
- One Day İstanbul A 2024 · 9 Mar 2024
- 100 Years Republic İstanbul 2023 · 28 Oct 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Otantik Weekend 2023 · 2 Sep 2023
- See You Next Year İstanbul 2023 · 30 Dec 2022 — 4 personal bests set
- Atatürk Cube Weekend 2022 · 29 Oct 2022 — 5 personal bests set
- İstanbul Spring 2022 · 28 May 2022 — 5 personal bests set
- Back to İstanbul 2022 · 12 Mar 2022 — 1 personal best set
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 DNF (did not finish) is an attempt with no valid result: a popped piece, an unsolved face, an over-limit memorisation · top X% compares against everyone ever ranked in that event, which is fairer than raw rank because event pools differ tenfold.
The circuit
The people whose scorecards keep turning up next to his.
- Alikhan Zhanybekov — met in 39 rounds, finished ahead 17 times
- Ömer Çetinkaya — met in 36 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
- Muhammed Volkan Güngör — met in 35 rounds, finished ahead 12 times
Next targets
- A sub-15 3×3 blindfolded single — 19 people have one; it is 3.92 away.
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.25 away.
Targets move as he improves.