People · United States
Berkay Yilmaz
Square-1 · top 4.1% of 25,272 all-time · competing since July 2017 · 2017YILM01
Berkay Yilmaz has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the Square-1: a personal-best single of 8.76, set at CubingUSA New Jersey Championship 2018, puts him in the top 4.1% of the 25,272 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 306th in the United States. Until October 2010, no official Square-1 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 15 competitions since July 2017, he has put 304 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 63% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His Square-1 best has come down from 28.74 in July 2017 to 8.76, a 70% improvement. Berkay 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 | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Square-1 | 8.76 | 12.48 | top 4.1% | 306 / 6,743 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.43 | 8.78 | top 9.9% | 2,552 / 28,708 | |
| Skewb | 4.28 | 6.38 | top 12.9% | 1,996 / 18,907 | |
| 2×2 | 2.90 | 5.51 | top 13.1% | 5,164 / 40,951 | |
| 3×3 | 13.19 | 18.17 | top 18.1% | 9,682 / 59,724 | |
| 4×4 | 1:11.38 | — | top 48.2% | 8,060 / 19,072 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 31.20 | 36.34 | top 49.3% | 6,775 / 15,683 | |
| Megaminx | 3:28.95 | — | early days — 1 solve | 6,641 / 7,841 |
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, Square-1. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 4 Feb 2018First sub-15 3×3: 13.19 at Penn Cube Day Winter 2018.
- 16 Dec 2017Three personal bests in one day at Liberty Science Center Open 2017.
- 5 Nov 2017Four personal bests in one day at Hudson Valley Fall 2017.
- 22 Oct 2017First sub-20 3×3: 17.30 at UPenn Cube Day Fall 2017.
- 22 Oct 2017Three personal bests in one day at UPenn Cube Day Fall 2017.
- 5 Aug 2017First sub-30 3×3: 25.15 at Sharon Summer 2017.
Competitions
- Brooklyn 2019 · 25 May 2019 — 1 personal best set
- CubingUSA New Jersey Championship 2018 · 17 Nov 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- New York City Fall 2018 · 21 Oct 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Pennsylvania 2018 · 17 Aug 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Brooklyn 2018 · 8 Jul 2018
- Lower Moreland Spring 2018 · 12 May 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Rutgers Spring 2018 · 31 Mar 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Penn Cube Day Winter 2018 · 4 Feb 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Liberty Science Center Open 2017 · 16 Dec 2017 — 3 personal bests set
- Hudson Valley Fall 2017 · 5 Nov 2017 — 4 personal bests set
- UPenn Cube Day Fall 2017 · 22 Oct 2017 — 3 personal bests set
- Maryland 2017 · 7 Oct 2017
- Princeton Fall 2017 · 23 Sep 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Sharon Summer 2017 · 5 Aug 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Lexington Summer 2017 · 1 Jul 2017
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.
- Brandon Nunez — met in 53 rounds, finished ahead 9 times
- Kymberlyn Calderon — met in 52 rounds, finished ahead 9 times
- Luigi Soriano — met in 51 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-8 Square-1 single — 766 people have one; it is 0.76 away.
- A sub-4 Pyraminx single — 9,892 people have one; it is 0.43 away.
Targets move as he improves.