People · Turkey
Arif Zafer
3×3 · top 8.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2018 · 2018ZAFE01
Arif Zafer has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.39, set at Operation NxN Myrbacka 2020, puts him in the top 8.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 111th in Turkey. Until February 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 15 competitions since November 2018, he has put 444 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 65% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 31.12 in November 2018 to 10.39, a 67% improvement. Arif has entered 15 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 10.39 | 11.16 | top 8.6% | 111 / 2,193 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.35 | 6.76 | top 9.4% | 86 / 1,188 | |
| 2×2 | 2.61 | 3.63 | top 10.0% | 149 / 1,647 | |
| Skewb | 3.94 | 9.75 | top 10.5% | 50 / 649 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 18.15 | 26.41 | top 15.5% | 43 / 566 | |
| 7×7 | 3:19.75 | 3:26.11 | top 16.2% | 4 / 59 | |
| 5×5 | 1:24.95 | 1:29.20 | top 23.2% | 33 / 181 | |
| Megaminx | 2:15.66 | — | top 54.1% | 59 / 125 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 6:21.28 | — | early days — 1 solve | 37 / 43 |
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 2020Three personal bests in one day at Elisa Kulma Open 2020.
- 14 Dec 2019Three personal bests in one day at Tapiola Winter Open 2019.
- 22 Nov 2019Three personal bests in one day at Finnish Championship 2019.
- 17 Aug 2019First sub-15 3×3: 12.40 at Vantaa Back to School 2019.
- 17 Aug 2019Four personal bests in one day at Vantaa Back to School 2019.
- 12 Apr 2019Three personal bests in one day at Kirkkonummi Open 2019.
Competitions
- Autotalo Anime Adventure I 2024 · 6 Jan 2024
- Kirkkonummen Kuutionvääntelyt 2022 · 15 Apr 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Finnish Championship 2021 · 30 Oct 2021 — 1 personal best set
- Operation NxN Myrbacka 2020 · 30 Aug 2020 — 2 personal bests set
- Helsinki Open 2020 · 22 Feb 2020 — 2 personal bests set
- Helsinki Winter Special 2020 · 25 Jan 2020 — 1 personal best set
- Elisa Kulma Open 2020 · 11 Jan 2020 — 3 personal bests set
- Tapiola Winter Open 2019 · 14 Dec 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Finnish Championship 2019 · 22 Nov 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Vantaa Back to School 2019 · 17 Aug 2019 — 4 personal bests set
- Kirkkonummi Open 2019 · 12 Apr 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Myyrmäki Spring Challenge 2019 · 1 Mar 2019 — 4 personal bests set
- Vantaa Open 2019 · 9 Feb 2019 — 5 personal bests set
- Elisa Kulma Open 2019 · 12 Jan 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Pikkujoulut 2018 · 16 Nov 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.
- Urho Kinnunen — met in 101 rounds, finished ahead 12 times
- Niko Ronkainen — met in 93 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
- Callum McArthur-Mortell — met in 87 rounds, finished ahead 9 times
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.39 away.
- A sub-4 Pyraminx single — 9,892 people have one; it is 0.35 away.
Targets move as he improves.