People · Turkey
Yaman Şimşek
2×2 · top 14.0% of 189,179 all-time · competing since December 2024 · 2024SIMS05
Yaman Şimşek has been competing for a year. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.97, set at Ankara Gloria Weekend 2025, puts him in the top 14.0% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 205th in Turkey. Across 9 competitions since December 2024, he has put 283 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, steadier than 95% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 2×2 best has come down from 5.66 in December 2024 to 2.97, a 48% improvement. Yaman 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 | 2.97 | 4.95 | top 14.0% | 205 / 1,649 | |
| 3×3 | 14.59 | 18.01 | top 23.1% | 383 / 2,193 | |
| Pyraminx | 8.63 | 12.15 | top 41.7% | 389 / 1,190 | |
| Skewb | 8.19 | 13.59 | top 42.8% | 215 / 651 | |
| 4×4 | 1:09.39 | — | top 46.4% | 168 / 463 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 36.07 | 49.69 | top 59.3% | 255 / 567 | |
| 5×5 | 3:44.64 | — | early days — 1 solve | 173 / 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, 2×2. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 18 Oct 2025First sub-15 3×3: 14.59 at Ankara Gloria October 2025.
- 18 Oct 2025Three personal bests in one day at Ankara Gloria October 2025.
- 27 Sep 2025Four personal bests in one day at Ankara Gloria Weekend 2025.
- 28 Jun 2025Three personal bests in one day at Ankara June A 2025.
- 10 May 2025First sub-20 3×3: 18.30 at Ankara May A 2025.
- 5 Apr 2025Four personal bests in one day at Ankara April 2025.
Competitions
- Loba January Ankara 2026 · 24 Jan 2026
- Ankara Gloria October 2025 · 18 Oct 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Ankara Gloria Weekend 2025 · 27 Sep 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Turkish Nationals 2025 · 7 Aug 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Ankara June A 2025 · 28 Jun 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Ankara May A 2025 · 10 May 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Ankara April 2025 · 5 Apr 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Ankara Cube Weekend 2025 · 25 Jan 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- End of Year Ankara 2024 · 7 Dec 2024 — 1 personal best set
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 64 rounds, never finished ahead
- Zeki Hotoğlu — met in 59 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Ahmet Çınar Ablak — met in 58 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 9,039 people have one; it is 0.97 away.
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 40,277 people have one; it is 2.59 away.
Targets move as he improves.