People · Turkey
Mustafa Saruhan
3×3 · top 6.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2022 · 2022SARU03
Mustafa Saruhan has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.77, set at Davis Summer 2024, puts him in the top 6.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 88th in Turkey. Until October 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 13 competitions since November 2022, he has put 223 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 61% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.71 in November 2022 to 9.77, a 29% improvement. Mustafa has entered 13 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 9.77 | 11.68 | top 6.8% | 88 / 2,193 | |
| 2×2 | 2.47 | 4.06 | top 8.6% | 125 / 1,647 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 18.15 | 21.62 | top 15.5% | 43 / 566 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.77 | 11.97 | top 34.3% | 304 / 1,188 | |
| Megaminx | 2:51.31 | — | early days — 2 solves | 86 / 125 | |
| 4×4 | 1:40.29 | — | early days — 1 solve | 306 / 463 | |
| Skewb | 15.16 | 32.63 | top 78.8% | 462 / 649 |
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
- 17 Aug 2024First sub-10 3×3: 9.77 at Davis Summer 2024.
- 5 Nov 2022First competition: Bay Area Speedcubin' 39 2022. A 13.71 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Belmont Spring 2026 · 2 May 2026
- Berkeley Spring 2026 · 26 Apr 2026
- Berkeley Spring 2025 · 2 Mar 2025
- Bay Area Side Events Day 2025 · 23 Feb 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Berkeley Winter 2025 · 8 Feb 2025
- Davis Summer 2024 · 17 Aug 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 63 - Atherton 2024 · 22 Jun 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 62 LIVE - SSF 2024 · 26 May 2024
- CubingUSA Western Championship 2023 · 30 Jun 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 46 Live - SSF 2023 · 6 May 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 41 2023 · 12 Feb 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Berkeley Winter B 2023 · 22 Jan 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 39 2022 · 5 Nov 2022
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.
- Stanley Tran — met in 39 rounds, never finished ahead
- Gurshan Singh — met in 37 rounds, finished ahead once
- Nolan Yiu — met in 36 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.77 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.47 away.
Targets move as he improves.