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Alper Şakım

2×2 · top 2.5% of 186,767 all-time · competing since March 2018 · 2018SAKI01

Alper Şakım has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.57, set at Atatürk Cube Weekend 2022, puts him in the top 2.5% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 20th in Turkey. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 27 competitions since March 2018, he has put 1,646 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one; 90% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 47.97 in March 2018 to 8.22, an 83% improvement. Alper has entered 27 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 2.5% of 186,767 all-time
1.57
signature single · Atatürk Cube Weekend 2022
1,646
official solves on the record
16%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 90% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingTurkey
2×21.573.82
top 2.5%20 / 1,647
3×38.229.63
top 3.2%39 / 2,193
4×430.6436.55
top 3.2%12 / 463
3×3 one-handed13.4016.71
top 5.1%17 / 566
5×559.501:05.44
top 5.3%8 / 181
Clock6.147.22
top 7.7%8 / 172
Pyraminx4.407.02
top 9.7%87 / 1,188
6×61:59.782:05.46
top 10.9%4 / 63
Square-113.4117.27
top 12.7%10 / 149
7×73:35.593:41.40
top 21.8%7 / 59
Megaminx1:20.441:27.02
top 22.1%23 / 125
Skewb5.548.04
top 22.3%105 / 649
3×3 Fewest Moves37 moves41.67
top 37.3%19 / 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

Marmara Spring 2018: 47.97Eskişehir Spring 2019: 17.78İstanbul Summer 2019: 17.15Merter Final 2019: 11.55Back to İstanbul 2022: 11.46Bursa Open 2022: 10.93İstanbul Spring 2022: 10.88Edukent Weekend 2022: 12.12İstanbul Fall 2022: 10.18Qubes Don' Lie İstanbul 2022: 8.88Atatürk Cube Weekend 2022: 11.21Sweet November İstanbul 2022: 8.92Frozen Cubes İstanbul 2022: 9.57See You Next Year İstanbul 2023: 10.37Güneşli Sınav Cube Weekend 2023: 8.82Back to İstanbul 2023: 8.39Edukent Weekend 2023: 8.99100 Years Republic İstanbul 2023: 9.85100. Yıl MBA Cube Weekend 2023: 8.51One Day İstanbul A 2024: 9.54Rubik's WCA European Championship 2024: 8.73Turkish Nationals 2024: 8.50İstanbul Welcome 2025: 8.59İstanbul Mid Summer 2025: 8.22Turkish Nationals 2025: 10.17Back to School İstanbul 2025: 8.258.2247.9731 Mar 201813 Sep 2025

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

Competitions

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.

Next targets

  • A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.57 away.
  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.22 away.

Targets move as he improves.