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Yakup Karabay

3×3 · top 50.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since May 2014 · 2014KARA04

Yakup Karabay has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 23.97, set at Cube Revenge Istanbul 2014, puts him in the top 50.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 973rd in Turkey. Across 2 competitions since May 2014, he has put 47 official solves on the record across five events. His 3×3 best has come down from 38.05 in May 2014 to 23.97, a 37% improvement. Yakup has entered two competitions.

3×3
best event — top 50.3% of 284,439 all-time
23.97
signature single · Cube Revenge Istanbul 2014
47
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingTurkey
3×323.9731.65
top 50.3%973 / 2,193
4×41:53.991:57.95
top 78.8%353 / 463
Pyraminx15.3518.97
top 83.1%947 / 1,188
2×213.6616.18
top 88.2%1,447 / 1,647
3×3 one-handed1:28.13
early days — 1 solve516 / 566

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

Turkish Ankara Open 2014: 38.05Cube Revenge Istanbul 2014: 23.9723.9738.0510 May 201419 Jul 2014

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

Competitions

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.

Next targets

  • A sub-20 3×3 single — 113,584 people have one; it is 3.97 away.
  • A sub-1:30 4×4 single — 53,325 people have one; it is 23.99 away.

Targets move as he improves.