People · United States
Orhan Tasci
2×2 · top 6.8% of 186,767 all-time · competing since November 2015 · 2015TASC02
Orhan Tasci has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.27, set at NovaCube 2018, puts him in the top 6.8% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,687th in the United States. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 26 competitions since November 2015, he has put 534 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 51% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 1:09.62 in November 2015 to 9.84, an 86% improvement. Orhan has entered 26 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 2.27 | 5.93 | top 6.8% | 2,687 / 40,951 | |
| 3×3 | 9.84 | 12.06 | top 7.0% | 3,854 / 59,724 | |
| 4×4 | 37.60 | 46.48 | top 9.4% | 1,395 / 19,072 | |
| Square-1 | 13.02 | 19.11 | top 11.9% | 831 / 6,743 | |
| 5×5 | 1:12.57 | 1:19.74 | top 13.5% | 1,033 / 9,401 | |
| 6×6 | 2:11.06 | 2:28.91 | top 15.8% | 563 / 4,196 | |
| Megaminx | 1:11.81 | 1:21.98 | top 16.8% | 1,142 / 7,841 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 21.07 | 25.81 | top 23.4% | 3,005 / 15,683 | |
| Skewb | 5.84 | 9.15 | top 24.5% | 3,973 / 18,907 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.94 | 9.18 | top 27.4% | 7,512 / 28,708 | |
| 7×7 | 4:15.07 | — | early days — 1 solve | 1,013 / 3,184 | |
| Clock | 13.92 | 16.18 | top 43.5% | 3,497 / 8,927 |
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
- 21 Oct 2023First sub-10 3×3: 9.84 at River Hill Fall 2023.
- 14 May 2022Four personal bests in one day at River Hill Spring 2022.
- 2 Apr 2022First sub-15 3×3: 14.83 at Slow N Steady Spring 2022.
- 2 Jun 2018Four personal bests in one day at CubingUSA Northeast Championship 2018.
- 11 Nov 2017First sub-20 3×3: 17.42 at TJHSST Fall 2017.
- 29 Oct 2016First sub-60 3×3: 26.45 at Severna Park Fall 2016.
Competitions
- NoVA Square-1 Showdown 2024 · 28 Dec 2024
- Cubing in the Lion's Den 2024 · 10 Feb 2024 — 1 personal best set
- NoVa Cube Winter 2024 · 3 Feb 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- River Hill Fall 2023 · 21 Oct 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Slow N Steady Fall 2023 · 7 Oct 2023 — 1 personal best set
- CubingUSA Nationals 2023 · 27 Jul 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Slow N Steady Spring 2023 · 15 Apr 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- River Hill Fall 2022 · 19 Nov 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Slow N Steady Fall 2022 · 29 Oct 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Think In Fink Fall 2022 · 1 Oct 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Owings Mills Summer 2022 · 16 Jul 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- River Hill Spring 2022 · 14 May 2022 — 4 personal bests set
- Slow N Steady Spring 2022 · 2 Apr 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Nationals 2019 · 1 Aug 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Slow N Steady Summer 2018 · 2 Sep 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Northeast Championship 2018 · 2 Jun 2018 — 4 personal bests set
- Tea Time Spring 2018 · 26 May 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- River Hill Spring 2018 · 7 Apr 2018
- NovaCube 2018 · 10 Mar 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- TJHSST Fall 2017 · 11 Nov 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Maryland 2017 · 7 Oct 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Severna Park Summer 2017 · 5 Aug 2017 — 1 personal best set
- NovaCube 2017 · 29 Apr 2017
- TJHSST Fall 2016 · 19 Nov 2016 — 1 personal best set
- Severna Park Fall 2016 · 29 Oct 2016 — 2 personal bests set
- Virginia Open Fall 2015 · 14 Nov 2015
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.
- Daniel Greigg — met in 86 rounds, never finished ahead
- Brad Hoffman — met in 85 rounds, finished ahead 20 times
- Corey Sakowski — met in 85 rounds, finished ahead 10 times
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.27 away.
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.84 away.
Targets move as he improves.