People · Turkey
Birkan Mayadağ
3×3 · top 3.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2020 · 2020MAYA01
Birkan Mayadağ has been competing for 6 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.26, set at 100 Years Republic Ankara 2023, puts him in the top 3.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 42nd in Turkey. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 15 competitions since August 2020, he has put 602 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 87% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 11.99 in August 2020 to 8.26, a 31% improvement. Birkan 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 | Turkey | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 8.26 | 9.90 | top 3.3% | 42 / 2,193 | |
| 4×4 | 35.97 | 43.67 | top 7.6% | 21 / 463 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.04 | 5.34 | top 7.9% | 71 / 1,188 | |
| 2×2 | 2.59 | 3.50 | top 9.8% | 146 / 1,647 | |
| Square-1 | 12.37 | 17.49 | top 10.6% | 6 / 149 | |
| Megaminx | 1:06.08 | 1:14.62 | top 13.4% | 10 / 125 | |
| 5×5 | 1:28.07 | 1:40.14 | top 25.7% | 37 / 181 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 27.65 | 38.62 | top 41.0% | 150 / 566 | |
| 6×6 | 3:16.42 | — | top 48.7% | 25 / 63 | |
| 7×7 | 5:27.06 | — | early days — 2 solves | 22 / 59 | |
| Skewb | 15.11 | 21.42 | top 78.6% | 457 / 649 |
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
- 28 Oct 2023Three personal bests in one day at 100 Years Republic Ankara 2023.
- 14 Oct 2023Three personal bests in one day at Ankara October 2023.
- 17 Jun 2023Four personal bests in one day at Ankara Summer 2023.
- 15 Apr 2023Four personal bests in one day at Ankara April 2023.
- 26 Nov 2022Five personal bests in one day at Ankara Fall 2022.
- 15 Oct 2022First sub-10 3×3: 9.60 at Qubes Don' Lie Ankara 2022.
Competitions
- Loba March Ankara 2026 · 7 Mar 2026
- Ankara Loba Big Cubes Feb 2026 · 15 Feb 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Cube Clash in Ankara 2024 · 25 May 2024
- Farewell Cubing in Ankara 2023 · 23 Dec 2023
- Just One Day Ankara 2023 · 19 Nov 2023
- 100 Years Republic Ankara 2023 · 28 Oct 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Ankara October 2023 · 14 Oct 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Ankara Summer 2023 · 17 Jun 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- Atatürk Cube Weekend 2023 · 19 May 2023 — 1 personal best set
- CubingTR 10 Years 2023 · 29 Apr 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Ankara April 2023 · 15 Apr 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- Ankara December 2022 · 17 Dec 2022
- Ankara Fall 2022 · 26 Nov 2022 — 5 personal bests set
- Qubes Don' Lie Ankara 2022 · 15 Oct 2022 — 6 personal bests set
- Turkish Summer 2020 · 14 Aug 2020
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 127 rounds, never finished ahead
- Bora Azizoğlu — met in 92 rounds, finished ahead 51 times
- Emirhan Gökçe — met in 86 rounds, finished ahead 57 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.26 away.
- A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,388 people have one; it is 5.97 away.
Targets move as he improves.