People · United States
Arthur Akyuz
2×2 · top 7.0% of 189,179 all-time · competing since July 2025 · 2025AKYU02
Arthur Akyuz has been competing for a year. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.29, set at Utah Speedcubing Speedoff 2026, puts him in the top 7.0% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,809th in the United States. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 13 competitions since July 2025, he has put 297 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 52% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 27.14 in July 2025 to 13.28, a 51% improvement. Arthur has entered 13 competitions, more competitions than 94% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 2.29 | 3.16 | top 7.0% | 2,809 / 41,674 | |
| Skewb | 4.34 | 5.10 | top 13.3% | 2,095 / 19,164 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.63 | 9.88 | top 17.3% | 4,670 / 29,168 | |
| 3×3 | 13.28 | 15.33 | top 18.5% | 10,044 / 60,666 | |
| Clock | 10.07 | 13.06 | top 25.3% | 1,985 / 9,172 | |
| 4×4 | 1:00.01 | 1:13.28 | top 36.6% | 5,968 / 19,354 | |
| Megaminx | 1:44.68 | 1:56.82 | top 37.5% | 2,752 / 8,026 | |
| Square-1 | 24.33 | 33.58 | top 37.6% | 2,482 / 6,846 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 26.67 | 34.23 | top 38.6% | 5,204 / 15,900 | |
| 5×5 | 2:13.71 | — | early days — 2 solves | 4,974 / 9,537 |
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
- 21 Aug 2026Four personal bests in one day at Rocky Mountain Championship 2026.
- 23 May 2026First sub-15 3×3: 13.90 at Utah Cubing Classic 2026.
- 23 May 2026Four personal bests in one day at Utah Cubing Classic 2026.
- 21 Mar 2026Three personal bests in one day at Utah Newcomers 2026.
- 13 Dec 2025First sub-20 3×3: 19.39 at Utah Snowball Bash 2025.
- 21 Jul 2025First competition: Wolverine Weekdays 3 Orem 2025. A 27.14 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Vegas Cubing Fall 2026 · 26 Sep 2026
- Utah Speedcubing Speedoff 2026 · 12 Sep 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Rocky Mountain Championship 2026 · 21 Aug 2026 — 4 personal bests set
- Davis County Showdown 2026 · 13 Jun 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Utah Cubing Classic 2026 · 23 May 2026 — 4 personal bests set
- Utah Puzzling for Awareness V Favorites 2026 · 11 Apr 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Utah Newcomers 2026 · 21 Mar 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Cubing with Dinosaurs Lehi 2026 · 21 Feb 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Utah Snowball Bash 2025 · 13 Dec 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Utah Championship 2025 · 29 Nov 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Davis County Showdown 2025 · 6 Sep 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Back to School Utah 2025 · 9 Aug 2025
- Wolverine Weekdays 3 Orem 2025 · 21 Jul 2025
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.
- Elliot Pimentel — met in 51 rounds, finished ahead once
- Canyon Pettitt — met in 47 rounds, never finished ahead
- Leo Williams — met in 37 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 9,039 people have one; it is 0.29 away.
- A sub-4 Skewb single — 8,121 people have one; it is 0.34 away.
Targets move as he improves.