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Nihat Sarp Ustaömer

2×2 · top 0.87% of 186,767 all-time · competing since October 2022 · 2022USTA02

Nihat Sarp Ustaömer has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.14, set at Cube Clash in Ankara 2024, puts him in the top 0.87% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 7th in Turkey. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 29 competitions since October 2022, he has put 1,128 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one; 91% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 2×2 best has come down from 3.35 in October 2022 to 1.14, a 66% improvement. Nihat has entered 29 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 0.87% of 186,767 all-time
1.14
signature single · Cube Clash in Ankara 2024
1,128
official solves on the record
16%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 91% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingTurkey
2×21.142.47
top 0.87%7 / 1,647
Pyraminx2.285.48
top 1.7%10 / 1,188
3×37.699.93
top 2.3%29 / 2,193
3×3 one-handed14.9519.19
top 8.0%25 / 566
Skewb4.546.84
top 14.8%63 / 649
4×450.8757.07
top 25.8%88 / 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

Qubes Don' Lie Ankara 2022: 3.35Ankara Fall 2022: 2.60Ankara December 2022: 4.18Ankara January 2023: 2.56Goodbye Winter Ankara 2023: 2.68Ankara Spring 2023: 2.20Ankara April 2023: 2.77CubingTR 10 Years 2023: 2.59Atatürk Cube Weekend 2023: 2.08Ankara June 2023: 2.45Ankara Summer 2023: 2.14Turkish Nationals 2023: 2.52Ankara October 2023: 2.47Just One Day Ankara 2023: 1.85Farewell Cubing in Ankara 2023: 2.32Welcome Spring in Ankara 2024: 1.90New Beginnings in Ankara 2024: 2.05Cube Clash in Ankara 2024: 1.14Ankara August 2024: 2.04Back to School Ankara 2024: 1.75Ankara October 2024: 1.54Ankara April 2025: 2.12Ankara May A 2025: 2.05Ankara June A 2025: 1.82Ankara Gloria Weekend 2025: 1.19Ankara Gloria October 2025: 1.90Loba Ankara December 2025: 1.70Loba April Ankara 2026: 2.1119 Mayıs Loba Ankara 2026: 1.861.144.1815 Oct 202216 May 2026

Best single per competition, 2×2. 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.

Next targets

  • A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.14 away.
  • A sub-2 Pyraminx single — 1,476 people have one; it is 0.28 away.

Targets move as he improves.