People · Turkey
Mehmet Faruk Yılmaz
Pyraminx · top 3.6% of 129,321 all-time · competing since August 2024 · 2024YILM09
Mehmet Faruk Yılmaz has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 2.99, set at Loba January Ankara 2026, puts him in the top 3.6% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 28th in Turkey. Until February 2008, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 12 competitions since August 2024, he has put 434 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 60% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 2×2 best has come down from 13.56 in August 2024 to 2.82, a 79% improvement. Mehmet has entered twelve competitions, more competitions than 94% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Turkey | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 2.99 | 6.67 | top 3.6% | 28 / 1,188 | |
| Skewb | 3.46 | 8.91 | top 7.5% | 34 / 649 | |
| 2×2 | 2.82 | 5.21 | top 12.2% | 182 / 1,647 | |
| Clock | 7.86 | 8.95 | top 14.5% | 17 / 172 | |
| 3×3 | 16.37 | 20.47 | top 29.0% | 507 / 2,193 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 32.10 | 40.49 | top 51.4% | 223 / 566 | |
| 4×4 | 1:15.28 | 1:35.43 | top 51.9% | 187 / 463 | |
| 5×5 | 2:09.46 | 2:23.18 | top 55.1% | 88 / 181 | |
| Megaminx | 2:42.18 | — | top 66.9% | 82 / 125 | |
| 6×6 | 4:46.20 | — | early days — 2 solves | 50 / 63 | |
| 7×7 | 7:23.74 | — | early days — 2 solves | 36 / 59 |
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
- 15 Feb 2026Three personal bests in one day at Ankara Loba Big Cubes Feb 2026.
- 24 Jan 2026Four personal bests in one day at Loba January Ankara 2026.
- 18 Oct 2025Four personal bests in one day at Ankara Gloria October 2025.
- 27 Sep 2025Five personal bests in one day at Ankara Gloria Weekend 2025.
- 7 Aug 2025Seven personal bests in one day at Turkish Nationals 2025.
- 11 May 2025First sub-20 3×3: 17.30 at Ankara May B 2025.
Competitions
- Loba March Ankara 2026 · 7 Mar 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Ankara Loba Big Cubes Feb 2026 · 15 Feb 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Loba January Ankara 2026 · 24 Jan 2026 — 4 personal bests set
- Loba Ankara December 2025 · 6 Dec 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Ankara Gloria October 2025 · 18 Oct 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Ankara Gloria Weekend 2025 · 27 Sep 2025 — 5 personal bests set
- Turkish Nationals 2025 · 7 Aug 2025 — 7 personal bests set
- Ankara May B 2025 · 11 May 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Ankara Cube Weekend 2025 · 25 Jan 2025 — 7 personal bests set
- End of Year Ankara 2024 · 7 Dec 2024 — 5 personal bests set
- Back to School Ankara 2024 · 21 Sep 2024 — 6 personal bests set
- Ankara August 2024 · 10 Aug 2024
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.
- Ahmet Çınar Ablak — met in 93 rounds, finished ahead once
- Alim Jahangırov — met in 89 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
- Zeki Hotoğlu — met in 86 rounds, finished ahead 17 times
Next targets
- A sub-2 Pyraminx single — 1,476 people have one; it is 0.99 away.
- A sub-3 Skewb single — 3,646 people have one; it is 0.46 away.
Targets move as he improves.