People · Germany
Timucin Kara
3×3 · top 1.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2017 · 2017KARA13
Timucin Kara has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 6.85, set at Back to İzmir 2023, puts him in the top 1.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 66th in Germany. Until November 2010, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 10 competitions since November 2017, he has put 274 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 82% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 19.41 in November 2017 to 6.85, a 65% improvement. Timucin has entered ten competitions, more competitions than 92% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Germany | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 6.85 | 8.63 | top 1.2% | 66 / 4,109 | |
| 2×2 | 1.64 | 2.11 | top 2.8% | 129 / 2,875 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 18.50 | 23.49 | top 16.4% | 219 / 1,314 | |
| Skewb | 5.85 | 10.05 | top 24.6% | 337 / 1,169 | |
| Pyraminx | 8.65 | 13.94 | top 41.8% | 958 / 1,987 | |
| Square-1 | 32.60 | 46.22 | top 54.4% | 286 / 533 | |
| 4×4 | 2:18.34 | — | early days — 2 solves | 1,692 / 1,934 |
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
- 15 Jul 2023Three personal bests in one day at Back to İzmir 2023.
- 23 Nov 2019Three personal bests in one day at Baden-Württemberg Open 2019.
- 6 Apr 2019First sub-10 3×3: 9.47 at German Open 2019.
- 22 Sep 2018Three personal bests in one day at Monnem City Cubing 2018.
- 17 Feb 2018First sub-15 3×3: 13.72 at Annuntia Open 2018.
- 18 Nov 2017First competition: PSKubing 2017. A 19.41 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Rubik's German Nationals 2025 · 26 Sep 2025
- Back to İzmir 2023 · 15 Jul 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- German Mini Open B 2021 · 7 Nov 2021 — 1 personal best set
- Frankfurt Cube Days 2020 · 22 Feb 2020 — 1 personal best set
- Baden-Württemberg Open 2019 · 23 Nov 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- German Open 2019 · 6 Apr 2019 — 1 personal best set
- German Big Cube Open 2018 · 3 Nov 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Monnem City Cubing 2018 · 22 Sep 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- Annuntia Open 2018 · 17 Feb 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- PSKubing 2017 · 18 Nov 2017
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.
- Annika Stein — met in 42 rounds, finished ahead 22 times
- Wilhelm Kilders — met in 42 rounds, finished ahead 17 times
- Malte Ihlefeld — met in 41 rounds, finished ahead 15 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 0.85 away.
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.64 away.
Targets move as he improves.