People · Netherlands
Metin Karagus
2×2 · top 4.8% of 186,767 all-time · competing since May 2018 · 2018KARA09
Metin Karagus has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.01, set at Hoogland Open 2019, puts him in the top 4.8% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 106th in the Netherlands. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 14 competitions since May 2018, he has put 550 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 57% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 24.28 in August 2018 to 11.52, a 53% improvement. Metin has entered 14 competitions, more competitions than 95% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Netherlands | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 2.01 | 4.65 | top 4.8% | 106 / 1,665 | |
| Pyraminx | 3.74 | 6.65 | top 6.4% | 103 / 1,283 | |
| 3×3 | 11.52 | 13.47 | top 12.2% | 341 / 2,294 | |
| Skewb | 4.69 | 7.50 | top 15.8% | 163 / 957 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 21.80 | 27.08 | top 25.5% | 161 / 726 | |
| 4×4 | 51.30 | 58.06 | top 26.3% | 248 / 1,000 | |
| 5×5 | 1:36.14 | 1:48.34 | top 32.4% | 156 / 532 | |
| Square-1 | 29.12 | 39.74 | top 47.8% | 183 / 407 | |
| Megaminx | 2:52.68 | — | early days — 1 solve | 319 / 414 |
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
- 1 Feb 2020Four personal bests in one day at Dutch Masters 2020.
- 8 Dec 2019Three personal bests in one day at Rijswijk Open 2019.
- 21 Sep 2019Five personal bests in one day at Dutch Nationals 2019.
- 16 Aug 2019Three personal bests in one day at Hoogland Open 2019.
- 8 Jun 2019Four personal bests in one day at Breda Open 2019.
- 6 Apr 2019First sub-15 3×3: 14.52 at Dutch Masters 2019.
Competitions
- Capelle Chaos A 2026 · 22 Aug 2026
- Veenendaal Open 2020 · 19 Sep 2020
- Dutch Masters 2020 · 1 Feb 2020 — 4 personal bests set
- Rijswijk Open 2019 · 8 Dec 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Dutch Open 2019 · 12 Oct 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Dutch Nationals 2019 · 21 Sep 2019 — 5 personal bests set
- Hoogland Open 2019 · 16 Aug 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Breda Open 2019 · 8 Jun 2019 — 4 personal bests set
- Dutch Masters 2019 · 6 Apr 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Haarlem Cubing 2019 · 10 Feb 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Dutch Nationals 2018 · 22 Sep 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Zwolle Open 2018 · 17 Aug 2018 — 5 personal bests set
- Veenendaal Open 2018 · 23 Jun 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Breda Open 2018 · 19 May 2018
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.
- Olivier Vos — met in 105 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
- Tristan Jansen — met in 103 rounds, finished ahead 12 times
- Mika Smulders — met in 102 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.01 away.
- A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 0.74 away.
Targets move as he improves.