People · Turkey
Ali Kemal Özbek
2×2 · top 3.1% of 189,179 all-time · competing since March 2018 · 2018OZBE01
Ali Kemal Özbek has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.70, set at Uşak Open 2018, puts him in the top 3.1% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 32nd in Turkey. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 19 competitions since March 2018, he has put 763 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 76% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.82 in March 2018 to 9.15, a 46% improvement. Ali has entered 19 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Turkey | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 1.70 | 3.93 | top 3.1% | 32 / 1,649 | |
| 3×3 | 9.15 | 11.01 | top 5.3% | 66 / 2,193 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 15.87 | 22.42 | top 10.0% | 30 / 567 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.76 | 10.86 | top 18.3% | 160 / 1,190 | |
| 4×4 | 48.18 | 55.41 | top 22.4% | 71 / 463 | |
| Square-1 | 20.66 | 27.60 | top 29.5% | 30 / 149 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 45 moves | — | top 65.7% | 37 / 72 | |
| Skewb | 12.39 | 18.08 | top 68.0% | 367 / 651 | |
| 5×5 | 2:45.00 | — | top 72.7% | 132 / 181 |
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
- 17 Aug 2019First sub-10 3×3: 9.15 at Bursa Summer 2019.
- 1 Dec 2018Three personal bests in one day at İstanbul Winter 2018.
- 27 Oct 2018Seven personal bests in one day at Uşak Open 2018.
- 8 Sep 2018Three personal bests in one day at Ankara Summer 2018.
- 3 Aug 2018First sub-15 3×3: 13.46 at Back to İzmir 2018.
- 3 Aug 2018Four personal bests in one day at Back to İzmir 2018.
Competitions
- Back To School İstanbul A 2024 · 28 Sep 2024
- İstanbul Small A 2024 · 17 Aug 2024
- Ankara Fall 2022 · 26 Nov 2022
- Ayvalık Open 2022 · 22 May 2022
- Bursa Open 2022 · 7 May 2022
- Back to İstanbul 2022 · 12 Mar 2022
- Ankara Winter 2022 · 29 Jan 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Ankara Bulut 2019 · 23 Nov 2019
- Bursa Summer 2019 · 17 Aug 2019 — 1 personal best set
- İzmir Summer 2019 · 20 Jul 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Eskişehir Spring 2019 · 20 Apr 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- İstanbul Spring 2019 · 24 Mar 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Ankara Winter 2019 · 23 Feb 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Bursa Winter 2019 · 26 Jan 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- İstanbul Winter 2018 · 1 Dec 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- Uşak Open 2018 · 27 Oct 2018 — 7 personal bests set
- Ankara Summer 2018 · 8 Sep 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- Back to İzmir 2018 · 3 Aug 2018 — 4 personal bests set
- Marmara Spring 2018 · 31 Mar 2018
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 99 rounds, finished ahead 20 times
- Can Ersoy — met in 96 rounds, finished ahead 59 times
- Acar Gök — met in 91 rounds, finished ahead 59 times
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,050 people have one; it is 0.70 away.
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 1.15 away.
Targets move as he improves.