People · Turkey
Barış Kaya
Skewb · top 4.6% of 73,281 all-time · competing since September 2025 · 2025KAYA08
Barış Kaya has been competing for a year. His best event is the Skewb: a personal-best single of 2.91, set at İstanbul April 2026, puts him in the top 4.6% of the 73,281 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 17th in Turkey. Until February 2014, no official Skewb solve in the world had been that fast. Across 4 competitions since September 2025, he has put 186 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, an early reading from 9 counted rounds. His 2×2 best has come down from 7.33 in September 2025 to 2.36, a 68% improvement. He has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Turkey | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Skewb | 2.91 | 5.02 | top 4.6% | 17 / 649 | |
| 2×2 | 2.36 | 3.63 | top 7.6% | 111 / 1,647 | |
| 3×3 | 11.02 | 12.56 | top 10.5% | 150 / 2,193 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.30 | 7.46 | top 15.1% | 140 / 1,188 | |
| 4×4 | 52.01 | 1:05.27 | top 27.2% | 92 / 463 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 26.60 | 50.72 | top 38.3% | 136 / 566 | |
| Clock | 13.32 | 14.23 | top 41.0% | 61 / 172 | |
| 5×5 | 2:35.39 | — | early days — 2 solves | 123 / 181 |
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, 2×2. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 4 Jul 2026Five personal bests in one day at Bursa Summer 2026.
- 25 Apr 2026Five personal bests in one day at İstanbul April 2026.
- 24 Jan 2026First sub-15 3×3: 12.93 at Loba January Ankara 2026.
- 24 Jan 2026Nine personal bests in one day at Loba January Ankara 2026.
- 13 Sep 2025First competition: Back to School İstanbul 2025. A 17.92 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Bursa Summer 2026 · 4 Jul 2026 — 5 personal bests set
- İstanbul April 2026 · 25 Apr 2026 — 5 personal bests set
- Loba January Ankara 2026 · 24 Jan 2026 — 9 personal bests set
- Back to School İstanbul 2025 · 13 Sep 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.
- Ahmet Çınar Ablak — met in 34 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Ömer Çavuş — met in 34 rounds, finished ahead once
- Ali Yiğit Delikanlı — met in 30 rounds, finished ahead 11 times
Next targets
- A sub-2 Skewb single — 1,013 people have one; it is 0.91 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.36 away.
Targets move as he improves.