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Can Çetin

2×2 · top 9.3% of 186,767 all-time · competing since August 2008 · 2008CETI01

Can Çetin has been competing for 18 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.54, set at Good Old Days Ankara 2019, puts him in the top 9.3% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 138th in Turkey. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 17 competitions since August 2008, he has put 277 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, steadier than 97% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 25.18 in August 2008 to 12.13, a 52% improvement. Can has entered 17 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 9.3% of 186,767 all-time
2.54
signature single · Good Old Days Ankara 2019
277
official solves on the record
10%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 97% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingTurkey
2×22.546.16
top 9.3%138 / 1,647
3×312.1315.57
top 14.3%230 / 2,193
3×3 Fewest Moves34 moves35.67
top 26.7%13 / 72
4×41:02.631:16.76
top 39.3%135 / 463
3×3 one-handed33.4141.54
top 54.2%235 / 566
5×52:27.682:49.69
top 64.7%113 / 181
3×3 blindfolded3:56.59
top 67.3%21 / 43
6×65:49.92
early days — 2 solves53 / 63

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

Dutch Masters 2008: 25.18Toronto Open Summer 2009: 21.42Toronto Open Fall 2010: 16.90Toronto Open Winter 2011: 15.18Toronto Open Spring 2011: 15.19Turkish Open 2013: 15.15Turkish Summer Cup 2013: 13.54Newmarket Open 2018: 14.88Battle of Waterloo 2018: 14.93Oakville Limited Fall 2018: 14.59Oakville Autumn Limited 2018: 14.36Ajax Winter 2019: 13.01Good Old Days Ankara 2019: 13.18Canadian Championship 2019: 13.89Markham 3x3x3 Afternoon 2023: 12.1312.1325.1823 Aug 200829 Apr 2023

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

Competitions

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.

Next targets

  • A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.54 away.
  • A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 0.13 away.

Targets move as he improves.