People · Netherlands
Celal Deniz Mengi
Skewb · top 17.0% of 73,281 all-time · competing since March 2025 · 2025MENG02
Celal Deniz Mengi has been competing for a year. His best event is the Skewb: a personal-best single of 4.85, set at Rubik's Dutch Nationals 2025, puts him in the top 17.0% of the 73,281 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 177th in the Netherlands. Across 5 competitions since March 2025, he has put 94 official solves on the record across six events. His 2×2 best has come down from 7.56 in March 2025 to 3.54, a 53% improvement. Celal has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Netherlands | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Skewb | 4.85 | 14.40 | top 17.0% | 177 / 957 | |
| 2×2 | 3.54 | 7.83 | top 20.7% | 468 / 1,665 | |
| Clock | 16.63 | 18.30 | top 54.1% | 256 / 466 | |
| 3×3 | 30.11 | 37.18 | top 62.7% | 1,577 / 2,294 | |
| Pyraminx | 12.36 | 16.90 | top 69.4% | 978 / 1,283 | |
| 4×4 | 2:16.09 | — | early days — 2 solves | 878 / 1,000 |
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, 2×2. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 5 Sep 2025Three personal bests in one day at Rubik's Dutch Nationals 2025.
- 22 Mar 2025First competition: Start in Veenendaal 2025. A 32.09 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Leersum Open 2026 · 10 Jan 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Take Your Time Ermelo 2025 · 18 Oct 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Rubik's Dutch Nationals 2025 · 5 Sep 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Lente in Lent 2025 · 12 Apr 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Start in Veenendaal 2025 · 22 Mar 2025
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.
- Hugo Garstman — met in 26 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Sebastiano Tronto — met in 26 rounds, finished ahead once
- Ron van Bruchem — met in 26 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-4 Skewb single — 7,977 people have one; it is 0.85 away.
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.54 away.
Targets move as he improves.