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Jem Surucu

3×3 · top 3.4% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2023 · 2023SURU02

Jem Surucu has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.32, set at August Bank Holiday Cheltenham 2023, puts him in the top 3.4% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 276th in the United Kingdom. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 3 competitions since April 2023, he has put 169 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 81% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. Jem has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 3.4% of 284,439 all-time
8.32
signature single · August Bank Holiday Cheltenham 2023
169
official solves on the record
15%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 81% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited Kingdom
3×38.329.64
top 3.4%276 / 6,689
Skewb4.525.66
top 14.6%341 / 2,421
4×444.6752.79
top 17.9%408 / 2,071
2×23.674.12
top 22.3%1,255 / 4,895
Pyraminx7.248.72
top 29.8%1,198 / 3,656
5×52:51.59
early days — 1 solve935 / 1,151

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

Reading Spring 2023: 8.61August Bank Holiday Cheltenham 2023: 8.32Rubik's UK Championship 2023: 9.028.329.0222 Apr 202320 Oct 2023

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-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.32 away.
  • A sub-4 Skewb single — 7,977 people have one; it is 0.52 away.

Targets move as he improves.