People · Turkey
Mustafa Kaplan
2×2 · top 5.3% of 186,767 all-time · competing since August 2024 · 2024KAPL05
Mustafa Kaplan has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.08, set at Turkish Nationals 2024, puts him in the top 5.3% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 75th in Turkey. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 6 competitions since August 2024, he has put 84 official solves on the record across two events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 85% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 33.58 in August 2024 to 19.25, a 43% improvement. Mustafa has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% 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 | 2.08 | 7.68 | top 5.3% | 75 / 1,647 | |
| 3×3 | 19.25 | 23.79 | top 37.8% | 685 / 2,193 |
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-20 3×3: 19.25 at İstanbul April 2025.
- 12 Oct 2024First sub-30 3×3: 27.31 at Ankara October 2024.
- 12 Oct 2024Three personal bests in one day at Ankara October 2024.
- 3 Aug 2024First competition: Bursa Summer 2024. A 33.58 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- İstanbul April 2026 · 25 Apr 2026
- İstanbul April 2025 · 12 Apr 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Ankara Cube Weekend 2025 · 25 Jan 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Turkish Nationals 2024 · 14 Nov 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Ankara October 2024 · 12 Oct 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Bursa Summer 2024 · 3 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.
- İskender Aznavur — met in 17 rounds, never finished ahead
- Mustafa Çamlıca — met in 13 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Ahmet Çınar Ablak — met in 13 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.08 away.
- A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 4.25 away.
Targets move as he improves.