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Zeki Hotoğlu

2×2 · top 3.2% of 186,767 all-time · competing since January 2022 · 2022HOTO01

Zeki Hotoğlu has been competing for 5 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.73, set at Loba Ankara December 2025, puts him in the top 3.2% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 35th in Turkey. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 31 competitions since January 2022, he has put 1,630 official solves on the record across 15 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 63% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 2×2 best has come down from 5.48 in January 2022 to 1.73, a 68% improvement. Zeki has entered 31 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 3.2% of 186,767 all-time
1.73
signature single · Loba Ankara December 2025
1,630
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 63% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingTurkey
2×21.733.58
top 3.2%35 / 1,647
Pyraminx3.586.32
top 5.8%50 / 1,188
3×310.2612.01
top 8.2%104 / 2,193
Clock6.747.93
top 10.0%11 / 172
3×3 one-handed20.3323.31
top 21.4%71 / 566
4×448.0157.99
top 22.1%70 / 463
Megaminx1:23.591:31.82
top 24.1%25 / 125
Skewb6.309.69
top 28.1%140 / 649
Square-124.0031.38
top 36.8%42 / 149
3×3 Fewest Moves37 moves42.67
top 37.3%19 / 72
5×51:53.922:10.33
top 45.3%77 / 181
3×3 Multi-Blind2 of 2 cubes · 16:30—
early days — 1 solve4 / 6
3×3 blindfolded4:22.39—
early days — 2 solves26 / 43
6×64:36.71—
top 76.4%45 / 63
7×78:36.17—
early days — 1 solve43 / 59

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

Ankara Winter 2022: 5.48Edukent Weekend 2022: 3.06Sınav Cube Weekend 2022: 3.34Qubes Don' Lie Ankara 2022: 4.04Ankara January 2023: 2.60Goodbye Winter Ankara 2023: 3.94Atatürk Cube Weekend 2023: 3.20Ankara July 2023: 3.66Turkish Nationals 2023: 4.17Ankara October 2023: 2.89100 Years Republic Ankara 2023: 2.33Just One Day Ankara 2023: 3.44Say Hi to Cubing in Ankara 2024: 3.41Welcome Spring in Ankara 2024: 2.87New Beginnings in Ankara 2024: 3.95Cube Clash in Ankara 2024: 2.86Ankara June 2024: 3.03Ankara August 2024: 2.69Back to School Ankara 2024: 2.84Ankara October 2024: 3.37End of Year Ankara 2024: 3.20Ankara Cube Weekend 2025: 2.80Ankara April 2025: 3.79Ankara June A 2025: 1.86Turkish Nationals 2025: 3.68Ankara Gloria Weekend 2025: 2.63Ankara Gloria October 2025: 2.70Loba Ankara December 2025: 1.73Loba January Ankara 2026: 3.51Loba April Ankara 2026: 2.741.735.4829 Jan 202211 Apr 2026

Best single per competition, 2×2. 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-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.73 away.
  • A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 0.58 away.

Targets move as he improves.