People · Turkey
Yakup Kara
2×2 · top 5.3% of 186,767 all-time · competing since October 2023 · 2023KARA28
Yakup Kara has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.08, set at Ankara Gloria Weekend 2025, puts him in the top 5.3% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 75th in Turkey. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 9 competitions since October 2023, he has put 186 official solves on the record across three 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 36.91 in October 2023 to 11.33, a 69% improvement. Yakup has entered nine competitions, more competitions than 91% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Turkey | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 2.08 | 5.16 | top 5.3% | 75 / 1,647 | |
| 3×3 | 11.33 | 15.37 | top 11.5% | 173 / 2,193 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.62 | 13.05 | top 24.8% | 214 / 1,188 |
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
- 4 May 2024First sub-15 3×3: 14.16 at New Beginnings in Ankara 2024.
- 2 Mar 2024Three personal bests in one day at Welcome Spring in Ankara 2024.
- 23 Dec 2023First sub-30 3×3: 18.80 at Farewell Cubing in Ankara 2023.
- 23 Dec 2023First sub-20 3×3: 18.80 at Farewell Cubing in Ankara 2023.
- 23 Dec 2023Four personal bests in one day at Farewell Cubing in Ankara 2023.
- 14 Oct 2023First competition: Ankara October 2023. A 36.91 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Ankara Gloria October 2025 · 18 Oct 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Ankara Gloria Weekend 2025 · 27 Sep 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Turkish Nationals 2025 · 7 Aug 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- New Beginnings in Ankara 2024 · 4 May 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Welcome Spring in Ankara 2024 · 2 Mar 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Say Hi to Cubing in Ankara 2024 · 27 Jan 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Farewell Cubing in Ankara 2023 · 23 Dec 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- 100 Years Republic Ankara 2023 · 28 Oct 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Ankara October 2023 · 14 Oct 2023
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.
- Alim Jahangırov — met in 38 rounds, never finished ahead
- Ahmet Çınar Ablak — met in 33 rounds, never finished ahead
- Zeki Hotoğlu — met in 31 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.08 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.33 away.
Targets move as he improves.