People · Turkey
Deniz Yıldırım
2×2 · top 7.8% of 186,767 all-time · competing since December 2022 · 2022YILD05
Deniz Yıldırım has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.38, set at Bursa Mother's Day 2024, puts him in the top 7.8% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 114th in Turkey. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 9 competitions since December 2022, he has put 210 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 76% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 20.41 in December 2022 to 10.42, a 49% improvement. Deniz has entered nine competitions, more competitions than 91% 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 | 2.38 | 3.48 | top 7.8% | 114 / 1,647 | |
| 3×3 | 10.42 | 12.01 | top 8.7% | 113 / 2,193 | |
| Skewb | 6.71 | 10.41 | top 31.3% | 157 / 649 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 25.02 | 32.29 | top 34.3% | 117 / 566 | |
| 4×4 | 2:13.17 | — | early days — 2 solves | 416 / 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
- 1 Apr 2023First sub-15 3×3: 12.34 at İstanbul Spring 2023.
- 28 Jan 2023First sub-20 3×3: 19.22 at HASAL İstanbul 2023.
- 28 Jan 2023Three personal bests in one day at HASAL İstanbul 2023.
- 30 Dec 2022First competition: See You Next Year İstanbul 2023. A 21.08 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- İstanbul Welcome 2025 · 11 Jan 2025
- Bursa Mother's Day 2024 · 11 May 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- İstanbul Cube Day B 2024 · 24 Mar 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- One Day İstanbul A 2024 · 9 Mar 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Back to İstanbul 2023 · 8 Jul 2023
- İstanbul Spring 2023 · 1 Apr 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Güneşli Sınav Cube Weekend 2023 · 25 Feb 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- HASAL İstanbul 2023 · 28 Jan 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- See You Next Year İstanbul 2023 · 30 Dec 2022 — 2 personal bests 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.
- Ömer Mete Arı — met in 31 rounds, finished ahead 14 times
- Asaf Selim Horuz — met in 30 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Toprak Berva Yıldırım — met in 26 rounds, finished ahead 24 times
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.38 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.42 away.
Targets move as he improves.