People · Turkey
Ela Akar
3×3 · top 2.0% of 284,439 all-time · competing since July 2019 · 2019AKAR04
Ela Akar has been competing for 7 years. Her best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.49, set at İzmir May 2025, puts her in the top 2.0% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 25th in Turkey. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since July 2019, she has put 202 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, her 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 58% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. Her 2×2 best has come down from 13.71 in July 2019 to 2.20, an 84% improvement. Ela has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Turkey | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 7.49 | 8.39 | top 2.0% | 25 / 2,193 | |
| 4×4 | 33.70 | 36.37 | top 5.6% | 18 / 463 | |
| 2×2 | 2.20 | 2.92 | top 6.2% | 95 / 1,647 | |
| 5×5 | 1:14.40 | 1:22.35 | top 14.8% | 20 / 181 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.79 | 9.74 | top 18.4% | 162 / 1,188 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 20.03 | 23.59 | top 20.5% | 68 / 566 | |
| Skewb | 7.05 | 11.54 | top 34.0% | 168 / 649 | |
| 6×6 | 3:32.72 | — | early days — 2 solves | 28 / 63 | |
| Megaminx | 2:59.12 | — | early days — 1 solve | 93 / 125 |
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
- 20 Aug 2022Five personal bests in one day at Sınav Cube Weekend 2022.
- 23 Apr 2022First sub-15 3×3: 11.61 at Uşak Open 2022.
- 23 Apr 2022First sub-10 3×3: 9.61 at Uşak Open 2022.
- 23 Apr 2022Eight personal bests in one day at Uşak Open 2022.
- 25 Jan 2020Four personal bests in one day at İzmir Open 2020.
- 20 Jul 2019First competition: İzmir Summer 2019.
Competitions
- İzmir May 2025 · 24 May 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Sınav Cube Weekend 2022 · 20 Aug 2022 — 5 personal bests set
- Uşak Open 2022 · 23 Apr 2022 — 8 personal bests set
- İzmir Open 2020 · 25 Jan 2020 — 4 personal bests set
- İzmir Summer 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 her.
- Mert Sağdınç — met in 35 rounds, finished ahead 9 times
- Ahmet Çınar Ablak — met in 33 rounds, never finished ahead
- Can Ersoy — met in 27 rounds, finished ahead 14 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.49 away.
- A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,388 people have one; it is 3.70 away.
Targets move as she improves.