People · Turkey
Ahmet Nadir Yücekaya
3×3 · top 2.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since September 2020 · 2020YUCE01
Ahmet Nadir Yücekaya has been competing for 6 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.72, set at Ankara January 2023, puts him in the top 2.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 30th in Turkey. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 13 competitions since September 2020, he has put 547 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 73% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.89 in September 2020 to 7.72, a 48% improvement. Ahmet has entered 13 competitions, more competitions than 94% 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 | 7.72 | 9.73 | top 2.3% | 30 / 2,193 | |
| 2×2 | 2.26 | 3.77 | top 6.7% | 102 / 1,647 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.70 | 9.73 | top 17.8% | 154 / 1,188 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 19.09 | 25.67 | top 18.0% | 53 / 566 | |
| Skewb | 5.69 | 9.28 | top 23.4% | 116 / 649 | |
| 4×4 | 49.10 | 58.02 | top 23.6% | 77 / 463 | |
| 5×5 | 1:34.41 | 1:53.09 | top 31.0% | 45 / 181 | |
| 6×6 | 3:47.04 | — | top 61.2% | 32 / 63 | |
| 7×7 | 6:34.89 | — | top 75.4% | 30 / 59 |
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
- 21 Jan 2023Three personal bests in one day at Ankara January 2023.
- 17 Dec 2022Five personal bests in one day at Ankara December 2022.
- 15 Oct 2022First sub-10 3×3: 9.99 at Qubes Don' Lie Ankara 2022.
- 15 Oct 2022Three personal bests in one day at Qubes Don' Lie Ankara 2022.
- 20 Aug 2022Three personal bests in one day at Sınav Cube Weekend 2022.
- 25 Jun 2022Three personal bests in one day at Ankara Summer 2022.
Competitions
- İstanbul Mid Summer 2025 · 5 Jul 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Ankara August 2024 · 10 Aug 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Turkish Nationals 2023 · 10 Aug 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Ankara July 2023 · 8 Jul 2023
- Ankara January 2023 · 21 Jan 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Ankara December 2022 · 17 Dec 2022 — 5 personal bests set
- Qubes Don' Lie Ankara 2022 · 15 Oct 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- Sınav Cube Weekend 2022 · 20 Aug 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- Ankara Summer 2022 · 25 Jun 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- Ankara Winter 2022 · 29 Jan 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- Ankara Summer 2021 · 10 Jul 2021 — 2 personal bests set
- Bursa Fall 2020 · 31 Oct 2020 — 2 personal bests set
- Ankara Fall 2020 · 18 Sep 2020
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.
- Ahmet Çınar Ablak — met in 112 rounds, never finished ahead
- Can Ersoy — met in 67 rounds, finished ahead 48 times
- Bora Azizoğlu — met in 65 rounds, finished ahead 33 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.72 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.26 away.
Targets move as he improves.