People · Turkey
Defne Vera Özer
3×3 · top 4.9% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2023 · 2023OZER01
Defne Vera Özer has been competing for 3 years. Her best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.04, set at Rotacube Gaziantep Open 2025, puts her in the top 4.9% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 62nd in Turkey. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 2 competitions since November 2023, she has put 51 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, her 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. Defne has entered two competitions.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Turkey | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 9.04 | 9.96 | top 4.9% | 62 / 2,193 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 19.19 | 24.32 | top 18.3% | 55 / 566 | |
| Pyraminx | 8.14 | 11.13 | top 37.4% | 338 / 1,188 | |
| 4×4 | 2:04.73 | — | early days — 1 solve | 392 / 463 |
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
- 29 Nov 2025Three personal bests in one day at Rotacube Gaziantep Open 2025.
- 19 Nov 2023First competition: Just One Day Ankara 2023. A 11.68 3×3 single to start from.
- 19 Nov 2023First sub-10 3×3: 9.77 at Just One Day Ankara 2023.
Competitions
- Rotacube Gaziantep Open 2025 · 29 Nov 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Just One Day Ankara 2023 · 19 Nov 2023 — 1 personal best set
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 her.
- Zeki Hotoğlu — met in 6 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Ahmet Yusuf Uysal — met in 6 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Onur Karahan — met in 6 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.04 away.
- A sub-15 3×3 one-handed single — 5,987 people have one; it is 4.19 away.
Targets move as she improves.