People · Turkey
Mehmet Akif Alar
2×2 · top 23.2% of 186,767 all-time · competing since June 2025 · 2025ALAR02
Mehmet Akif Alar has been competing for a year. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 3.74, set at Loba January Ankara 2026, puts him in the top 23.2% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 348th in Turkey. Across 5 competitions since June 2025, he has put 121 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 17% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. His 2×2 best has come down from 7.81 in June 2025 to 3.74, a 52% improvement. Mehmet has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% 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 | 3.74 | 6.74 | top 23.2% | 348 / 1,647 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.62 | 11.68 | top 24.8% | 214 / 1,188 | |
| Skewb | 8.75 | 16.50 | top 46.7% | 239 / 649 | |
| 3×3 | 23.36 | 24.75 | top 48.8% | 935 / 2,193 | |
| 4×4 | 1:36.40 | — | top 68.2% | 291 / 463 |
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 2026Four personal bests in one day at Loba January Ankara 2026.
- 11 Oct 2025First sub-30 3×3: 24.33 at İstanbul October 2025.
- 13 Sep 2025Three personal bests in one day at Back to School İstanbul 2025.
- 21 Jun 2025First competition: Bursa June 2025. A 35.37 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- İstanbul April 2026 · 25 Apr 2026
- Loba January Ankara 2026 · 24 Jan 2026 — 4 personal bests set
- İstanbul October 2025 · 11 Oct 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Back to School İstanbul 2025 · 13 Sep 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Bursa June 2025 · 21 Jun 2025
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.
- Deniz Sancakdar — met in 25 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Ali Yiğit Delikanlı — met in 22 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Ömer Çavuş — met in 22 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.74 away.
- A sub-6 Pyraminx single — 25,870 people have one; it is 0.62 away.
Targets move as he improves.