People · Turkey
Timur Kaya
Skewb · top 3.3% of 73,281 all-time · competing since October 2021 · 2021KAYA01
Timur Kaya has been competing for 5 years. His best event is the Skewb: a personal-best single of 2.62, set at Atatürk Cube Weekend 2022, puts him in the top 3.3% of the 73,281 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 13th in Turkey. Until February 2014, no official Skewb solve in the world had been that fast. Across 11 competitions since October 2021, he has put 300 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 52.56 in October 2021 to 11.03, a 79% improvement. Timur has entered eleven competitions, more competitions than 93% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Turkey | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Skewb | 2.62 | 6.15 | top 3.3% | 13 / 649 | |
| 3×3 | 11.03 | 15.89 | top 10.6% | 151 / 2,193 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.59 | 10.68 | top 32.8% | 291 / 1,188 | |
| 2×2 | 4.55 | 5.09 | top 33.6% | 503 / 1,647 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 36.98 | 40.86 | top 60.8% | 265 / 566 | |
| 4×4 | 1:42.01 | — | top 71.9% | 312 / 463 | |
| 5×5 | 2:54.66 | — | early days — 3 solves | 139 / 181 |
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
- 25 Jun 2022First sub-15 3×3: 14.03 at Ankara Summer 2022.
- 9 Apr 2022First sub-20 3×3: 17.28 at İzmir Open 2022.
- 9 Apr 2022Four personal bests in one day at İzmir Open 2022.
- 29 Jan 2022First sub-30 3×3: 21.29 at Ankara Winter 2022.
- 29 Jan 2022Three personal bests in one day at Ankara Winter 2022.
- 23 Oct 2021First competition: Kharkiv Cubefall 2021. A 52.56 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- See You Next Year İstanbul 2023 · 30 Dec 2022
- Frozen Cubes İstanbul 2022 · 10 Dec 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Atatürk Cube Weekend 2022 · 29 Oct 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- İstanbul Fall 2022 · 10 Sep 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Ankara Summer 2022 · 25 Jun 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- İstanbul Spring 2022 · 28 May 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Bursa Open 2022 · 7 May 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- İzmir Open 2022 · 9 Apr 2022 — 4 personal bests set
- Back to İstanbul 2022 · 12 Mar 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Ankara Winter 2022 · 29 Jan 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- Kharkiv Cubefall 2021 · 23 Oct 2021
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.
- Mert Sağdınç — met in 61 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Rafik Sarwat Naeem Ragheb — met in 59 rounds, finished ahead 9 times
- Mehmet Yusuf Aydemir — met in 57 rounds, finished ahead 10 times
Next targets
- A sub-2 Skewb single — 1,013 people have one; it is 0.62 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.03 away.
Targets move as he improves.