People · Turkey
Buğra Karaca
3×3 · top 2.9% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2025 · 2025KARA11
Buğra Karaca has been competing for a year. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.05, set at İstanbul April 2025, puts him in the top 2.9% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 34th in Turkey. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 3 competitions since April 2025, he has put 139 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, an early reading from 9 counted rounds. He has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% 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 | 8.05 | 10.22 | top 2.9% | 34 / 2,193 | |
| 4×4 | 33.68 | 38.93 | top 5.5% | 17 / 463 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 15.82 | 27.79 | top 9.8% | 29 / 566 | |
| 5×5 | 1:19.91 | 1:22.16 | top 19.0% | 26 / 181 | |
| 2×2 | 3.81 | 4.56 | top 24.1% | 367 / 1,647 | |
| Square-1 | 22.08 | 29.20 | top 32.7% | 35 / 149 |
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
- 26 Jul 2025Three personal bests in one day at Pre-Nats İstanbul 2025.
- 12 Apr 2025First competition: İstanbul April 2025. A 8.05 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- İstanbul October 2025 · 11 Oct 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Pre-Nats İstanbul 2025 · 26 Jul 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- İstanbul April 2025 · 12 Apr 2025 — 2 personal bests set
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 Berkalp Tarakçı — met in 27 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Yiğit Emin Kolan — met in 22 rounds, finished ahead 20 times
- Ahmet İhsan Özkan — met in 19 rounds, finished ahead twice
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.05 away.
- A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,388 people have one; it is 3.68 away.
Targets move as he improves.