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Haluk Ulkusal

3×3 · top 0.15% of 284,439 all-time · competing since January 2016 · 2016ULKU01

Haluk Ulkusal has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 5.14, set at Bucharest Cubing July 2024, puts him in the top 0.15% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 5th in Romania. Until November 2015, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 41 competitions since January 2016, he has put 1,777 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 71% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.05 in January 2016 to 5.14, a 66% improvement. Haluk has entered 41 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 0.15% of 284,439 all-time
5.14
signature single · Bucharest Cubing July 2024
1,777
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 71% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingRomania
3×35.146.25
top 0.15%5 / 1,574
4×422.2224.62
top 0.21%4 / 578
5×546.9851.37
top 1.0%4 / 225
2×21.472.64
top 2.0%37 / 1,214
3×3 one-handed11.2715.43
top 2.1%10 / 411
Pyraminx2.653.61
top 2.6%21 / 825
6×61:42.561:49.51
top 4.7%5 / 128
Skewb4.277.02
top 12.8%41 / 401
7×73:09.623:12.83
top 13.2%8 / 95
3×3 Fewest Moves31 moves35.33
top 17.4%13 / 98
Megaminx1:20.201:31.21
top 22.0%37 / 243
Square-120.6726.37
top 29.4%37 / 158
3×3 blindfolded4:07.684:55.41
top 69.8%53 / 76

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

U.R.A. Rubik Open 2016: 15.05U.R.A. Spring 2016: 13.30Constanta Rubik Open 2016: 11.02U.R.A. Back to School 2016: 10.77Slobozia Spring Open 2017: 10.27U.R.A. Easter Open 2017: 8.86Constanța Cube Days 2017: 7.96Botosani Rubik Open 2017: 8.89U.R.A. Back to School 2017: 7.73Craiova Rubik Open 2017: 8.46Slobozia Winter Open 2018: 8.07Bacau Easter Open 2018: 7.36Constanta Cube Days 2018: 7.51Sebes Autumn 2018: 7.89Romanian National Day 2018: 6.37Transilvania Cubing Open 2019: 6.28U.R.A. Spring of Colors 2019: 6.36Iasi Cubing Open 2019: 6.78Constanta Summer Open 2019: 7.46ICHB Cube Race 2019: 5.78Constanta Cube Days 2019: 5.66Iasi Back To Cubing 2019: 5.96Bacau Cubing Fall 2019: 7.42Bucharest Cubing Days 2021: 6.13Bucharest Back to Cube 2022: 6.19U.R.A. Summer Cubes 2022: 6.15U.R.A. Back to School 2022: 6.85U.R.A. Funky Cubes 2022: 6.08U.R.A. Easter Cubing 2023: 5.92Bucharest Cubing July 2024: 5.14Lente in Lent 2025: 5.64Quick 'n Slick Meppel 2025: 5.91Bucharest Smart Summer Cubing 2025: 6.26Pakje Open in Lent 2025: 5.98Breda Open 2026: 6.85Rubik's WCA European Championship 2026: 6.63Bucharest Cubing July 2026: 6.29Romanian Nationals 2026: 5.315.1415.0516 Jan 201621 Aug 2026

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-5 3×3 single — 344 people have one; it is 0.14 away.
  • A sub-20 4×4 single — 42 people have one; it is 2.22 away.

Targets move as he improves.