People · Germany
Tuna Kaya Erdal
3×3 · top 8.0% of 288,433 all-time · competing since April 2019 · 2019ERDA01
Tuna Kaya Erdal has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.16, set at Nats Warm-Up Delmenhorst 2026, puts him in the top 8.0% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 404th in Germany. Until May 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 7 competitions since April 2019, he has put 227 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 57% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 39.37 in April 2019 to 10.16, a 74% improvement. Tuna has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% 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 | 10.16 | 13.09 | top 8.0% | 404 / 4,182 | |
| 4×4 | 43.86 | 54.82 | top 16.9% | 321 / 1,966 | |
| Square-1 | 26.95 | 44.39 | top 43.5% | 213 / 541 | |
| 2×2 | 5.52 | 6.45 | top 45.6% | 1,511 / 2,931 | |
| Pyraminx | 9.84 | 13.29 | top 51.8% | 1,166 / 2,020 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 32.96 | 38.49 | top 53.4% | 706 / 1,328 | |
| 5×5 | 2:31.50 | — | top 66.6% | 723 / 1,175 | |
| Skewb | 14.16 | 19.43 | top 75.3% | 960 / 1,192 | |
| Megaminx | 3:04.27 | — | early days — 3 solves | 568 / 798 | |
| Clock | 36.95 | — | early days — 3 solves | 609 / 647 |
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
- 10 May 2025Five personal bests in one day at German Open 2025.
- 2 Nov 2024Four personal bests in one day at Bremium Cubing 2024.
- 4 Oct 2024Four personal bests in one day at Rubik's German Nationals 2024.
- 23 Sep 2023First sub-30 3×3: 15.58 at Darmstadt Dodecahedron Days 2023.
- 23 Sep 2023First sub-20 3×3: 15.58 at Darmstadt Dodecahedron Days 2023.
- 23 Sep 2023First sub-15 3×3: 14.65 at Darmstadt Dodecahedron Days 2023.
Competitions
- Nats Warm-Up Delmenhorst 2026 · 22 Aug 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Rubik's German Nationals 2025 · 26 Sep 2025 — 1 personal best set
- German Open 2025 · 10 May 2025 — 5 personal bests set
- Bremium Cubing 2024 · 2 Nov 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Rubik's German Nationals 2024 · 4 Oct 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Darmstadt Dodecahedron Days 2023 · 23 Sep 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Hamburg International 2019 · 13 Apr 2019
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.
- Henri Gerber — met in 51 rounds, never finished ahead
- Kira-Lysan Meyer — met in 47 rounds, finished ahead once
- Frederik Ambrosi — met in 45 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,606 people have one; it is 0.16 away.
- A sub-40 4×4 single — 10,370 people have one; it is 3.86 away.
Targets move as he improves.