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Anka Engin

3×3 · top 7.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since January 2017 · 2017ENGI01

Anka Engin has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.12, set at Temecula Valley Summer 2026, puts him in the top 7.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 4,300th in the United States. Until May 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 29 competitions since January 2017, he has put 669 official solves on the record across 14 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 51% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 30.54 in January 2017 to 10.12, a 67% improvement. Anka has entered 29 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 7.8% of 284,439 all-time
10.12
signature single · Temecula Valley Summer 2026
669
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 51% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×310.1211.77
top 7.8%4,300 / 59,724
Pyraminx4.0610.66
top 8.0%2,038 / 28,708
4×441.5749.00
top 14.0%2,083 / 19,072
5×51:18.951:33.54
top 18.3%1,414 / 9,401
2×23.373.94
top 18.6%7,294 / 40,951
3×3 one-handed23.2129.93
top 29.3%3,797 / 15,683
Megaminx1:43.262:06.70
top 36.6%2,619 / 7,841
3×3 Fewest Moves37 moves42.67
early days — 3 solves810 / 2,040
7×74:19.724:50.84
top 37.6%1,050 / 3,184
6×63:01.623:17.04
top 41.9%1,540 / 4,196
Square-134.6548.75
top 57.8%3,814 / 6,743
Skewb11.1014.32
top 61.4%11,319 / 18,907
3×3 blindfolded4:34.16—
early days — 3 solves1,562 / 2,092
Clock30.71—
top 85.3%7,586 / 8,927

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

Armin Open 2017: 30.54Berlin Summer Cube Days 2017: 23.76World Rubik's Cube Championship 2017: 25.29TF3I San Diego 2017: 19.05Thanks Four The Invite 2018: 19.31WCA European Championship 2018: 21.76UCSD Winter 2019: 23.74İzmir Summer 2019: 18.21İstanbul Summer 2019: 17.90San Diego Summer 2019: 15.52Grossmont Fall 2019: 15.03UCSD Winter 2020: 18.06Nub Open Trabuco Hills Fall 2025: 13.10Mission Viejo Fall 2025: 11.12Poly Cubed at Pomona 2025: 12.84UCSD Unofficial Events 2025: 12.99Huntington Park Winter 2025: 12.80Temecula Valley Winter 2025: 12.06Super Duper San Diego 2026: 12.70UCLA Spring 2026: 11.54UCSD March B 2026: 12.34Temecula Valley Spring 2026: 10.86Poly Cubed at Pomona 2026: 10.18UCSD TritoNxN 2026: 11.38UCSD Weeknights IX 2026: 12.48West Coast Cubing Western Championship 2026: 10.87Temecula Valley Summer 2026: 10.12Temecula Valley Back To School 2026: 10.1910.1230.5421 Jan 201722 Aug 2026

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-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.12 away.
  • A sub-4 Pyraminx single — 9,892 people have one; it is 0.06 away.

Targets move as he improves.