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Mete İsbir

2×2 · top 3.0% of 186,767 all-time · competing since July 2016 · 2016ISBI01

Mete İsbir has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.69, set at Ankara Summer 2018, puts him in the top 3.0% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 30th in Turkey. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 13 competitions since July 2016, he has put 549 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 54% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 24.52 in July 2016 to 8.58, a 65% improvement. Mete has entered 13 competitions, more competitions than 94% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 3.0% of 186,767 all-time
1.69
signature single · Ankara Summer 2018
549
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 54% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingTurkey
2×21.692.46
top 3.0%30 / 1,647
3×38.5810.24
top 3.9%51 / 2,193
Pyraminx4.607.13
top 10.8%98 / 1,188
Skewb4.9214.63
top 17.5%78 / 649
3×3 one-handed22.3230.08
top 26.9%95 / 566
4×459.601:05.63
top 36.1%126 / 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

Atatürk Cube Day 2016: 24.52Turkish Winter Cup 2017: 12.52İzmir Open 2018: 12.20Marmara Spring 2018: 10.24Back to İzmir 2018: 10.24Ankara Summer 2018: 10.32Bursa Winter 2019: 9.71İzmir Summer 2019: 10.24Bursa Summer 2019: 8.58Ankara Fall 2020: 8.86Bursa Fall 2020: 10.78Ankara Summer 2021: 9.96Bursa Open 2022: 10.108.5824.5216 Jul 20167 May 2022

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.

  • Can Ersoy — met in 89 rounds, finished ahead 50 times
  • Berk Rende — met in 87 rounds, finished ahead 24 times
  • Acar Gök — met in 71 rounds, finished ahead 43 times

Next targets

  • A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.69 away.
  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.58 away.

Targets move as he improves.