People · Netherlands
Celal Deniz Mengi
Skewb · top 17.1% of 74,164 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 17.1% of the 74,164 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 180th in the Netherlands. Across 6 competitions since March 2025, he has put 123 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. His 2×2 best has come down from 7.56 in March 2025 to 3.54, a 53% improvement. Celal has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% 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 17.1% | 180 / 968 | |
| 2×2 | 3.54 | 7.63 | top 20.8% | 474 / 1,680 | |
| Clock | 11.71 | 16.63 | top 33.5% | 168 / 479 | |
| 3×3 | 23.94 | 28.10 | top 50.3% | 1,312 / 2,318 | |
| Pyraminx | 9.79 | 13.52 | top 51.4% | 796 / 1,296 | |
| 4×4 | 2:05.95 | — | early days — 3 solves | 846 / 1,009 |
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
- 17 Oct 2026First sub-30 3×3: 23.94 at Back in Ermelo 2026.
- 17 Oct 2026Four personal bests in one day at Back in Ermelo 2026.
- 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
- Back in Ermelo 2026 · 17 Oct 2026 — 4 personal bests set
- 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.
- Maarten Schuil — met in 33 rounds, never finished ahead
- Mick Boekema — met in 33 rounds, never finished ahead
- Davian van Plateringen — met in 33 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-4 Skewb single — 8,121 people have one; it is 0.85 away.
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 27,049 people have one; it is 0.54 away.
Targets move as he improves.