People · Turkey
Deniz Öztürk
2×2 · top 3.7% of 186,767 all-time · competing since January 2024 · 2024OZTU01
Deniz Öztürk has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.83, set at Bursa June 2025, puts him in the top 3.7% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 48th in Turkey. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 13 competitions since January 2024, he has put 534 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 84% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 2×2 best has come down from 4.31 in January 2024 to 1.83, a 58% improvement. Deniz has entered 13 competitions, more competitions than 94% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Turkey | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 1.83 | 3.58 | top 3.7% | 48 / 1,647 | |
| 3×3 | 8.67 | 10.06 | top 4.1% | 54 / 2,193 | |
| Pyraminx | 3.85 | 7.17 | top 6.9% | 59 / 1,188 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 19.92 | 27.71 | top 20.3% | 66 / 566 | |
| Clock | 9.12 | 11.05 | top 20.6% | 28 / 172 | |
| Skewb | 5.68 | 11.04 | top 23.3% | 114 / 649 | |
| 4×4 | 50.15 | 1:06.28 | top 24.9% | 84 / 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, 2×2. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 6 Dec 2025Four personal bests in one day at Loba Ankara December 2025.
- 27 Sep 2025First sub-10 3×3: 9.83 at Ankara Gloria Weekend 2025.
- 27 Sep 2025Four personal bests in one day at Ankara Gloria Weekend 2025.
- 21 Jun 2025Four personal bests in one day at Bursa June 2025.
- 21 Sep 2024Three personal bests in one day at Back to School Ankara 2024.
- 3 Aug 2024Three personal bests in one day at Bursa Summer 2024.
Competitions
- Loba April Ankara 2026 · 11 Apr 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Loba March Ankara 2026 · 7 Mar 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Loba Ankara December 2025 · 6 Dec 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Ankara Gloria October 2025 · 18 Oct 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Ankara Gloria Weekend 2025 · 27 Sep 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Bursa June 2025 · 21 Jun 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Ankara April 2025 · 5 Apr 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- End of Year Ankara 2024 · 7 Dec 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Back to School Ankara 2024 · 21 Sep 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Bursa Summer 2024 · 3 Aug 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Ankara June 2024 · 29 Jun 2024 — 1 personal best set
- New Beginnings in Ankara 2024 · 4 May 2024 — 5 personal bests set
- Say Hi to Cubing in Ankara 2024 · 27 Jan 2024 — 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 his.
- Ahmet Çınar Ablak — met in 104 rounds, never finished ahead
- Alim Jahangırov — met in 99 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Ömer Eymen Akar — met in 85 rounds, finished ahead 15 times
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.83 away.
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.67 away.
Targets move as he improves.