People · Turkey
Burak Kaya
3×3 · top 3.4% of 284,439 all-time · competing since June 2022 · 2022KAYA03
Burak Kaya has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.33, set at Loba Ankara December 2025, puts him in the top 3.4% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 44th in Turkey. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 8 competitions since June 2022, he has put 131 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 17% around a typical one; 96% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.97 in June 2022 to 8.33, a 40% improvement. Burak has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% 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 | 8.33 | 10.37 | top 3.4% | 44 / 2,193 | |
| 2×2 | 3.77 | 5.71 | top 23.6% | 354 / 1,647 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 45.61 | 50.45 | top 72.3% | 334 / 566 |
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 Mar 2023First sub-10 3×3: 9.61 at Ankara Spring 2023.
- 25 Mar 2023Three personal bests in one day at Ankara Spring 2023.
- 25 Jun 2022First competition: Ankara Summer 2022. A 13.97 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Loba Ankara December 2025 · 6 Dec 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Ankara Cube Weekend 2025 · 25 Jan 2025
- Atatürk Cube Weekend 2023 · 19 May 2023
- Ankara Spring 2023 · 25 Mar 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Ankara January 2023 · 21 Jan 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Ankara December 2022 · 17 Dec 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Sınav Cube Weekend 2022 · 20 Aug 2022 — 1 personal best 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.
- Ahmet Çınar Ablak — met in 27 rounds, never finished ahead
- Can Ersoy — met in 21 rounds, finished ahead 9 times
- Onur Karahan — met in 21 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.33 away.
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.77 away.
Targets move as he improves.