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Hakan Deniz

3×3 · top 14.9% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2008 · 2008DENI01

Hakan Deniz has been competing for 18 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 12.30, set at The Hague Open 2009, puts him in the top 14.9% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 425th in the Netherlands. Across 25 competitions since August 2008, he has put 492 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 65% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 22.11 in August 2008 to 12.30, a 44% improvement. Hakan has entered 25 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 14.9% of 284,439 all-time
12.30
signature single · The Hague Open 2009
492
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 65% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingNetherlands
3×312.3015.27
top 14.9%425 / 2,294
2×23.686.53
top 22.4%512 / 1,665
4×41:00.831:07.79
top 37.4%360 / 1,000
3×3 one-handed30.1836.46
top 47.1%318 / 726
5×52:01.862:10.48
top 50.4%258 / 532
3×3 Fewest Moves46 moves
early days — 2 solves120 / 167
Clock21.7227.24
top 69.4%308 / 466
Square-145.581:38.58
top 71.8%265 / 407
6×64:34.024:41.21
top 75.7%171 / 205
3×3 blindfolded4:54.65
top 78.7%106 / 132
7×78:17.00
top 90.1%159 / 169
Megaminx5:32.55
early days — 2 solves407 / 414

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

Dutch Masters 2008: 22.11Dutch Open 2008: 19.19German Nationals 2008: 20.59The Hague Open 2008: 18.65Aachen Open 2009: 17.96Belgian Open 2009: 14.78German Open 2009: 15.06Madrid Open 2009: 15.81World Rubik's Cube Championship 2009: 17.05Dutch Open 2009: 14.61Essen Open 2009: 16.78The Hague Open 2009: 12.30Dutch Nationals 2010: 13.28NEMO Amsterdam Open 2011: 14.75V-CUBE Spiel 2011: 14.81Dutch Open 2011: 14.50V-CUBE Spiel 2012: 13.33Dutch Open 2012: 13.501 AVG competition 2013: 15.21Dutch Nationals 2014: 15.77Dutch Open 2015: 15.66Zeeland Open 2016: 15.48Dutch Open 2017: 17.14Marathon Open 2017: 13.8512.3022.1123 Aug 200816 Dec 2017

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

Competitions

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.

Next targets

  • A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 0.30 away.
  • A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.68 away.

Targets move as he improves.