People · Turkey
Kerem Efe Bala
3×3 · top 30.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since September 2022 · 2022BALA13
Kerem Efe Bala has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 16.88, set at 100. Yıl MBA Cube Weekend 2023, puts him in the top 30.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 547th in Turkey. Across 6 competitions since September 2022, he has put 107 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 63% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 29.04 in September 2022 to 16.88, a 42% improvement. Kerem has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% 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 | 16.88 | 23.30 | top 30.6% | 547 / 2,193 | |
| 2×2 | 5.22 | 6.90 | top 42.1% | 624 / 1,647 | |
| Pyraminx | 13.48 | 16.25 | top 75.4% | 862 / 1,188 | |
| Clock | 38.65 | 45.43 | top 92.5% | 164 / 172 |
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
- 16 Dec 2023First sub-20 3×3: 16.88 at 100. Yıl MBA Cube Weekend 2023.
- 22 Jul 2023Three personal bests in one day at Edukent Weekend 2023.
- 10 Sep 2022First competition: İstanbul Fall 2022. A 29.04 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- İstanbul Small B 2024 · 18 Aug 2024
- 100. Yıl MBA Cube Weekend 2023 · 16 Dec 2023 — 1 personal best set
- 100 Years Republic İstanbul 2023 · 28 Oct 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Edukent Weekend 2023 · 22 Jul 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Atatürk Cube Weekend 2022 · 29 Oct 2022 — 1 personal best set
- İstanbul Fall 2022 · 10 Sep 2022
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.
- Asaf Selim Horuz — met in 18 rounds, finished ahead once
- Alper Şakım — met in 17 rounds, never finished ahead
- Muhammed Volkan Güngör — met in 17 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 1.88 away.
- A sub-5 2×2 single — 73,413 people have one; it is 0.22 away.
Targets move as he improves.