People · Turkey
Kerem Tahir Özmen
2×2 · top 5.4% of 186,767 all-time · competing since December 2024 · 2024OZME01
Kerem Tahir Özmen has been competing for a year. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.10, set at Loba January Ankara 2026, puts him in the top 5.4% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 78th in Turkey. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 7 competitions since December 2024, he has put 239 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 74% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 2×2 best has come down from 4.36 in December 2024 to 2.10, a 52% improvement. Kerem has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Turkey | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 2.10 | 3.78 | top 5.4% | 78 / 1,647 | |
| Skewb | 3.13 | 5.99 | top 5.6% | 23 / 649 | |
| 3×3 | 12.28 | 14.67 | top 14.9% | 237 / 2,193 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.76 | 11.29 | top 25.9% | 225 / 1,188 | |
| 4×4 | 1:11.88 | — | top 48.7% | 177 / 463 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 51.19 | — | top 77.8% | 374 / 566 |
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
- 24 Jan 2026Three personal bests in one day at Loba January Ankara 2026.
- 27 Sep 2025Four personal bests in one day at Ankara Gloria Weekend 2025.
- 10 May 2025First sub-15 3×3: 14.73 at Ankara May A 2025.
- 10 May 2025Three personal bests in one day at Ankara May A 2025.
- 25 Jan 2025First sub-20 3×3: 16.41 at Ankara Cube Weekend 2025.
- 25 Jan 2025Three personal bests in one day at Ankara Cube Weekend 2025.
Competitions
- Loba April Ankara 2026 · 11 Apr 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Loba January Ankara 2026 · 24 Jan 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Loba Ankara December 2025 · 6 Dec 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Ankara Gloria Weekend 2025 · 27 Sep 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Ankara May A 2025 · 10 May 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Ankara Cube Weekend 2025 · 25 Jan 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- End of Year Ankara 2024 · 7 Dec 2024 — 2 personal bests set
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.
- Alim Jahangırov — met in 50 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Ömer Eymen Akar — met in 45 rounds, finished ahead once
- Onur Karahan — met in 44 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.10 away.
- A sub-3 Skewb single — 3,646 people have one; it is 0.13 away.
Targets move as he improves.