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100 Years Republic İstanbul 2023

İstanbul · 28 October 2023 · 10 events · 77 competitors · 65 personal bests

Alikhan Zhanybekov won two of the ten events (4×4, 5×5) and the closest final was the Skewb, won by Hoomaan Motevalli Habibi by 0.05 seconds. 77 competitors produced 65 personal bests, 29 of which still stand today, and 30 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Ahmet Faruk Acar set the 3×3 blindfolded single national record: 18.92.

Two wins
Alikhan Zhanybekov — 4×4, 5×5
0.05s
closest final — Skewb, Hoomaan Motevalli Habibi over Amirali Rajab Pourmoghaddam
65
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Ömer Çetinkaya8.169.30
2×2Sam Mehmani (سام مهمانی)1.612.17
4×4Alikhan Zhanybekov32.6235.68
5×5Alikhan Zhanybekov1:00.471:05.07
3×3 blindfoldedAhmet Faruk Acar18.92
3×3 one-handedTolga Kaan Kantarcı11.0714.13
ClockMelis Atarim6.327.12
PyraminxHoomaan Motevalli Habibi3.884.74
SkewbHoomaan Motevalli Habibi4.275.86
Square-1Muhammed Volkan Güngör9.0011.42

The PB harvest

65 set · 29 still standing

First-timers

30 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 37,591 people who made their debut in 2023. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

2 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

77 competitors · 367 results · 10 events.

Solve this final yourself

how this works →

The 3×3 final here ran on one scramble group, so these five sequences are exactly what the finalists faced. Ömer Çetinkaya won it with a 9.30 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

  1. 1U' L' D2 L' F' B' L U F2 R2 B2 L2 U2 F2 L2 D2 R' F2 L D'
  2. 2U2 D' F2 D' R2 L' B2 L2 D F U2 D' R2 D R2 F2 U D'
  3. 3D' U2 F2 L2 D2 F2 R2 F' R2 B R2 F2 D2 L' F2 U' B' D L D' F
  4. 4B2 L2 F L' D L2 U' F' U' F2 R2 F2 U2 B2 U2 L2 B2 R2
  5. 5F' U F D' F' R' F' L2 U2 B' L2 F R2 F L2 F2 L2 F' D'

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

77 competitors

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 final is a competition's last round; its order decides the podium · a DNF (did not finish) is an attempt with no valid result: a popped piece, an unsolved face, an over-limit memorisation · every solve starts from a computer-generated scramble, the same for every competitor in a round.