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Cenan Kanik

3×3 · top 1.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2016 · 2016KANI02

Cenan Kanik has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.20, set at Neyruz Open 2025, puts him in the top 1.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 23rd in Switzerland. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 30 competitions since April 2016, he has put 1,451 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 83% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 18.31 in April 2016 to 7.20, a 61% improvement. Cenan has entered 30 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 1.6% of 284,439 all-time
7.20
signature single · Neyruz Open 2025
1,451
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 83% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingSwitzerland
3×37.208.48
top 1.6%23 / 1,197
2×21.382.87
top 1.6%26 / 913
3×3 one-handed11.9618.17
top 2.9%20 / 367
Skewb2.835.27
top 4.2%22 / 388
Pyraminx3.346.72
top 4.8%41 / 655
4×436.7641.90
top 8.4%36 / 462
Square-119.6124.94
top 27.1%49 / 159
5×51:38.491:55.74
top 34.2%81 / 266
Megaminx1:52.352:16.64
top 41.7%88 / 207

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

Wiler Würfelfest 2016: 18.31Lyon Megaminx Open 2016: 15.97Belfort Open 2016: 12.36Musée suisse du jeu 2016: 13.32Cité des Jeux 2016: 10.54Ugine Jeu et Jouet 2016: 10.61Only Cube Open 2017: 10.85Swisscubing Cup II 2017: 10.91Wiler Würfelfest 2017: 9.58Barby Cube 73 2017: 10.24Swisscubing Cup III 2017: 11.11Swiss Open 2017: 10.27Barby Cube 73 Open Automne 2017: 10.25Musée suisse du jeu 2017: 9.64Chambéry Cube 2018: 9.71Saint-Maurice Sunday Open 2018: 9.08Zentralschweiz 2018: 10.68Swisscubing Better Be Quick 2018: 10.59Swiss Nationals 2018: 10.30Les Automnales 2018: 8.56Ticino Open Saturday 2021: 8.97Swisscubing Cup I 2022: 7.48Swisscubing Cup II 2022: 8.22Swisscubing Cup III 2022: 8.17Newchâtel 2025: 7.37Martigny Open 2025: 7.35La Côte Open 2025: 8.15Neyruz Open 2025: 7.20Swisscubing Cup I 2026: 7.29Ecublens Open 2026: 7.267.2018.312 Apr 201622 Aug 2026

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-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.20 away.
  • A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.38 away.

Targets move as he improves.