People · Turkey
Ali Rıza Kulaksız
Pyraminx · top 1.6% of 129,321 all-time · competing since January 2017 · 2017KULA01
Ali Rıza Kulaksız has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 2.25, set at İstanbul Summer 2019, puts him in the top 1.6% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 9th in Turkey. Until July 2011, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 14 competitions since January 2017, he has put 358 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 55% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 35.17 in January 2017 to 17.61, a 50% improvement. Ali has entered 14 competitions, more competitions than 95% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Turkey | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 2.25 | 4.32 | top 1.6% | 9 / 1,188 | |
| Skewb | 5.83 | 9.31 | top 24.4% | 119 / 649 | |
| 3×3 | 17.61 | 22.71 | top 32.9% | 585 / 2,193 | |
| 2×2 | 4.84 | 6.92 | top 37.3% | 554 / 1,647 | |
| 4×4 | 1:37.18 | 2:00.95 | top 68.7% | 295 / 463 | |
| Square-1 | 1:05.90 | 1:51.05 | top 87.1% | 132 / 149 | |
| Clock | 40.96 | 1:01.63 | top 93.7% | 166 / 172 |
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
- 8 Sep 2018Three personal bests in one day at Ankara Summer 2018.
- 31 Mar 2018First sub-20 3×3: 19.90 at Marmara Spring 2018.
- 2 Feb 2018First sub-30 3×3: 20.40 at İzmir Open 2018.
- 2 Feb 2018Five personal bests in one day at İzmir Open 2018.
- 28 Jan 2017First competition: Turkish Winter Cup 2017. A 35.17 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Atatürk Cube Weekend 2022 · 29 Oct 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Back to İstanbul 2022 · 12 Mar 2022
- Bursa Fall 2020 · 31 Oct 2020
- Merter Final 2019 · 26 Oct 2019
- İstanbul Summer 2019 · 3 Aug 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Eskişehir Spring 2019 · 20 Apr 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- İstanbul Spring 2019 · 24 Mar 2019 — 1 personal best set
- İstanbul Winter 2018 · 1 Dec 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Ankara Summer 2018 · 8 Sep 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- Sofia Open 2018 · 12 May 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Marmara Spring 2018 · 31 Mar 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Bulgarian Open 2018 · 10 Feb 2018 — 1 personal best set
- İzmir Open 2018 · 2 Feb 2018 — 5 personal bests set
- Turkish Winter Cup 2017 · 28 Jan 2017
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.
- Emir Yusuf Çiçekdemir — met in 50 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
- Acar Gök — met in 44 rounds, finished ahead 17 times
- Ahmet Berkalp Tarakçı — met in 42 rounds, finished ahead 10 times
Next targets
- A sub-2 Pyraminx single — 1,476 people have one; it is 0.25 away.
- A sub-5 Skewb single — 13,285 people have one; it is 0.83 away.
Targets move as he improves.