People · Turkey
Murathan Balcı
2×2 · top 41.4% of 186,767 all-time · competing since January 2025 · 2025BALC01
Murathan Balcı has been competing for a year. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 5.17, set at İstanbul April 2025, puts him in the top 41.4% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 613th in Turkey. Across 3 competitions since January 2025, he has put 54 official solves on the record across five events. His 3×3 best has come down from 36.21 in January 2025 to 22.29, a 38% improvement. Murathan has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% 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 | 5.17 | 7.33 | top 41.4% | 613 / 1,647 | |
| 3×3 | 22.29 | 26.93 | top 46.2% | 875 / 2,193 | |
| Pyraminx | 9.21 | 12.97 | top 46.7% | 452 / 1,188 | |
| Skewb | 12.25 | 20.10 | top 67.2% | 363 / 649 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 50.26 | 1:10.20 | top 77.0% | 363 / 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, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 12 Apr 2025First sub-30 3×3: 22.29 at İstanbul April 2025.
- 12 Apr 2025Three personal bests in one day at İstanbul April 2025.
- 11 Jan 2025First competition: İstanbul Welcome 2025. A 36.21 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- İstanbul April 2025 · 12 Apr 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- MBA February 2025 · 8 Feb 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- İstanbul Welcome 2025 · 11 Jan 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.
- Ayaz Altun — met in 11 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Kayra Atlas Küçükdeveci — met in 11 rounds, finished ahead once
- Timur Demirci — met in 11 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-5 2×2 single — 73,413 people have one; it is 0.17 away.
- A sub-20 3×3 single — 113,584 people have one; it is 2.29 away.
Targets move as he improves.