People · Turkey
Arda Kaman
3×3 · top 6.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since January 2023 · 2023KAMA01
Arda Kaman has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.74, set at İstanbul Welcome 2025, puts him in the top 6.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 87th in Turkey. Until November 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 6 competitions since January 2023, he has put 113 official solves on the record across two events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 63% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 19.59 in January 2023 to 9.74, a 50% improvement. Arda has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% 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 | 9.74 | 11.29 | top 6.7% | 87 / 2,193 | |
| 2×2 | 3.56 | 4.95 | top 20.9% | 311 / 1,647 |
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
- 11 Jan 2025First sub-10 3×3: 9.74 at İstanbul Welcome 2025.
- 29 Apr 2023First sub-15 3×3: 14.72 at CubingTR 10 Years 2023.
- 28 Jan 2023First competition: HASAL İstanbul 2023. A 20.31 3×3 single to start from.
- 28 Jan 2023First sub-20 3×3: 19.59 at HASAL İstanbul 2023.
Competitions
- Loba January Ankara 2026 · 24 Jan 2026 — 1 personal best set
- İstanbul Welcome 2025 · 11 Jan 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Back to School Ankara 2024 · 21 Sep 2024 — 1 personal best set
- New Beginnings in Ankara 2024 · 4 May 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- CubingTR 10 Years 2023 · 29 Apr 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- HASAL İstanbul 2023 · 28 Jan 2023 — 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.
- Ahmet Çınar Ablak — met in 18 rounds, never finished ahead
- Alim Jahangırov — met in 18 rounds, never finished ahead
- İskender Aznavur — met in 16 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.74 away.
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.56 away.
Targets move as he improves.