People · Turkey
Batu Zengel
2×2 · top 5.2% of 186,767 all-time · competing since February 2018 · 2018ZENG02
Batu Zengel has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.06, set at İzmir May 2025, puts him in the top 5.2% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 70th in Turkey. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 9 competitions since February 2018, he has put 398 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one; 92% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 29.89 in February 2018 to 9.29, a 69% improvement. Batu has entered nine competitions, more competitions than 91% 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 | 2.06 | 3.83 | top 5.2% | 70 / 1,647 | |
| 3×3 | 9.29 | 12.13 | top 5.6% | 73 / 2,193 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 17.14 | 21.92 | top 12.9% | 36 / 566 | |
| 4×4 | 42.55 | 49.70 | top 15.2% | 48 / 463 | |
| Skewb | 4.73 | 9.80 | top 16.2% | 69 / 649 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.61 | 8.05 | top 24.7% | 212 / 1,188 | |
| Megaminx | 1:46.83 | 1:57.20 | top 38.6% | 42 / 125 | |
| Square-1 | 25.35 | 1:03.18 | top 39.8% | 46 / 149 | |
| 5×5 | 2:28.26 | — | top 64.9% | 114 / 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, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 25 Oct 2025First sub-10 3×3: 9.29 at İzmir October 2025.
- 15 Jul 2023Four personal bests in one day at Back to İzmir 2023.
- 25 Jan 2020Eight personal bests in one day at İzmir Open 2020.
- 20 Jul 2019Five personal bests in one day at İzmir Summer 2019.
- 11 May 2019First sub-20 3×3: 13.47 at İzmir Spring 2019.
- 11 May 2019First sub-15 3×3: 13.47 at İzmir Spring 2019.
Competitions
- İzmir October 2025 · 25 Oct 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- İzmir May 2025 · 24 May 2025 — 1 personal best set
- İzmir Open 2025 · 15 Mar 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Back to İzmir 2023 · 15 Jul 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- İzmir Open 2020 · 25 Jan 2020 — 8 personal bests set
- İzmir Summer 2019 · 20 Jul 2019 — 5 personal bests set
- İzmir Spring 2019 · 11 May 2019 — 6 personal bests set
- Back to İzmir 2018 · 3 Aug 2018 — 1 personal best set
- İzmir Open 2018 · 2 Feb 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.
- Ahmet Çınar Ablak — met in 41 rounds, never finished ahead
- Dora Saylıkoğlu — met in 40 rounds, finished ahead 20 times · head to head
- İskender Aznavur — met in 38 rounds, finished ahead 12 times
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.06 away.
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.29 away.
Targets move as he improves.