People · Turkey
Ali Berke Akçay
3×3 · top 2.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since December 2024 · 2024AKCA01
Ali Berke Akçay has been competing for a year. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.87, set at Loba Ankara December 2025, puts him in the top 2.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 32nd in Turkey. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since December 2024, he has put 194 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 85% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. That figure sets aside his 3 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 9.15 in December 2024 to 7.87, a 14% improvement. Ali has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% 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 | 7.87 | 9.86 | top 2.6% | 32 / 2,193 | |
| Pyraminx | 3.93 | 7.44 | top 7.3% | 64 / 1,188 | |
| 4×4 | 39.64 | 45.04 | top 11.7% | 34 / 463 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 19.43 | 28.06 | top 19.0% | 60 / 566 | |
| 2×2 | 3.54 | 4.16 | top 20.7% | 307 / 1,647 | |
| 5×5 | 1:42.29 | 2:01.25 | top 37.1% | 62 / 181 | |
| Skewb | 13.99 | 17.87 | top 74.7% | 425 / 649 |
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
- 6 Dec 2025Six personal bests in one day at Loba Ankara December 2025.
- 5 Jul 2025Three personal bests in one day at İstanbul Mid Summer 2025.
- 14 Dec 2024First competition: İstanbul December 2024. A 10.60 3×3 single to start from.
- 14 Dec 2024First sub-10 3×3: 9.15 at İstanbul December 2024.
Competitions
- Ankara Loba Big Cubes Feb 2026 · 15 Feb 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Loba Ankara December 2025 · 6 Dec 2025 — 6 personal bests set
- Ankara Gloria Weekend 2025 · 27 Sep 2025 — 1 personal best set
- İstanbul Mid Summer 2025 · 5 Jul 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- İstanbul December 2024 · 14 Dec 2024 — 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.
- Onur Karahan — met in 24 rounds, never finished ahead
- Alim Jahangırov — met in 24 rounds, never finished ahead
- Ömer Eymen Akar — met in 22 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.87 away.
- A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 0.93 away.
Targets move as he improves.