People · Turkey
Batu Ulcay
2×2 · top 3.5% of 186,767 all-time · competing since June 2022 · 2022ULCA01
Batu Ulcay has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.78, set at Bursa Summer 2024, puts him in the top 3.5% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 42nd in Turkey. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 14 competitions since June 2022, he has put 440 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 17% around a typical one; 94% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 27.84 in June 2022 to 11.92, a 57% improvement. Batu has entered 14 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 1.78 | 4.35 | top 3.5% | 42 / 1,647 | |
| Pyraminx | 3.81 | 7.34 | top 6.8% | 57 / 1,188 | |
| Skewb | 3.79 | 6.56 | top 9.5% | 44 / 649 | |
| 3×3 | 11.92 | 14.36 | top 13.6% | 216 / 2,193 | |
| Megaminx | 1:29.21 | 1:45.48 | top 27.7% | 29 / 125 | |
| 4×4 | 58.72 | 1:10.63 | top 35.1% | 124 / 463 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 30.02 | 34.86 | top 46.7% | 191 / 566 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 46 moves | 60.00 | top 68.6% | 40 / 72 |
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
- 14 Nov 2024Four personal bests in one day at Turkish Nationals 2024.
- 3 Aug 2024Three personal bests in one day at Bursa Summer 2024.
- 28 Jan 2023First sub-15 3×3: 12.94 at HASAL İstanbul 2023.
- 28 Jan 2023Three personal bests in one day at HASAL İstanbul 2023.
- 19 Nov 2022First sub-20 3×3: 19.27 at Sweet November İstanbul 2022.
- 19 Nov 2022Four personal bests in one day at Sweet November İstanbul 2022.
Competitions
- Turkish Nationals 2025 · 7 Aug 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- İstanbul May 2025 · 31 May 2025
- İstanbul April 2025 · 12 Apr 2025 — 1 personal best set
- MBA February 2025 · 8 Feb 2025 — 1 personal best set
- İstanbul December 2024 · 14 Dec 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Turkish Nationals 2024 · 14 Nov 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Back To School İstanbul A 2024 · 28 Sep 2024
- Bursa Summer 2024 · 3 Aug 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Otantik Weekend 2023 · 2 Sep 2023 — 1 personal best set
- HASAL İstanbul 2023 · 28 Jan 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Sweet November İstanbul 2022 · 19 Nov 2022 — 4 personal bests set
- Qubes Don' Lie Bursa 2022 · 8 Oct 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- Cube Revenge İstanbul 2022 · 13 Aug 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Ankara Summer 2022 · 25 Jun 2022
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.
- Timur Demirci — met in 55 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
- Ahmet Çınar Ablak — met in 51 rounds, never finished ahead
- Ömer Çavuş — met in 48 rounds, finished ahead 24 times
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.78 away.
- A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 0.81 away.
Targets move as he improves.