People · United States
Dakota Akarlilar
3×3 · top 5.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since July 2019 · 2019AKAR02
Dakota Akarlilar has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.28, set at Turkish Summer 2020, puts him in the top 5.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,089th in the United States. Until February 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 7 competitions since July 2019, he has put 231 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 59% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 20.80 in July 2019 to 9.28, a 55% improvement. Dakota has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 9.28 | 12.27 | top 5.5% | 3,089 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 3.31 | 4.77 | top 17.9% | 7,011 / 40,951 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 20.06 | 28.12 | top 20.6% | 2,644 / 15,683 | |
| Skewb | 5.95 | 8.15 | top 25.4% | 4,116 / 18,907 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.61 | 9.37 | top 32.9% | 9,258 / 28,708 | |
| 4×4 | 58.42 | 1:03.57 | top 34.8% | 5,596 / 19,072 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 40 moves | — | early days — 1 solve | 1,031 / 2,040 | |
| Square-1 | 29.99 | 41.13 | top 49.3% | 3,227 / 6,743 | |
| Megaminx | 2:14.55 | 2:35.26 | top 53.5% | 4,013 / 7,841 | |
| 5×5 | 2:48.72 | — | top 74.1% | 6,587 / 9,401 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 4:37.57 | — | early days — 1 solve | 1,571 / 2,092 |
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
- 14 Aug 2020First sub-10 3×3: 9.28 at Turkish Summer 2020.
- 14 Aug 2020Six personal bests in one day at Turkish Summer 2020.
- 14 Mar 2020Five personal bests in one day at Manchester Open 2020.
- 23 Nov 2019Three personal bests in one day at Weston-super-Mare Open 2019.
- 1 Nov 2019First sub-20 3×3: 18.08 at Music City Speedsolving 2019.
- 1 Nov 2019First sub-15 3×3: 14.72 at Music City Speedsolving 2019.
Competitions
- UCSD For Hemophilia 2023 · 3 Jun 2023
- Turkish Summer 2020 · 14 Aug 2020 — 6 personal bests set
- Manchester Open 2020 · 14 Mar 2020 — 5 personal bests set
- Trinity Valley Spring 2020 · 22 Feb 2020 — 2 personal bests set
- Weston-super-Mare Open 2019 · 23 Nov 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Music City Speedsolving 2019 · 1 Nov 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- 3rd Coast Cubing 2019 · 20 Jul 2019
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.
- Hudson Akarlilar — met in 39 rounds, finished ahead 26 times
- Matt Prestwich — met in 19 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Callum Hales-Jepp — met in 19 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.28 away.
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.31 away.
Targets move as he improves.