Competitions · Turkey

100. Yıl MBA Cube Weekend 2023

İstanbul · 16 December 2023 · 13 events · 88 competitors · 108 personal bests

Ahmet Çınar Ablak won four of the 13 events (3×3, 2×2, 4×4) and the closest final was the Pyraminx, won by Ahmet Çınar Ablak by 0.37 seconds. 88 competitors produced 108 personal bests, 40 of which still stand today, and 24 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Jaloliddin Rasulov set the 3×3 single national record: 7.71.

Four wins

Ahmet Çınar Ablak — 3×3, 2×2, 4×4, Pyraminx

0.37s

closest final — Pyraminx, Ahmet Çınar Ablak over Hoomaan Motevalli Habibi

108

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Ahmet Çınar Ablak	7.02	7.59
2×2	Ahmet Çınar Ablak	1.61	2.08
4×4	Ahmet Çınar Ablak	29.03	30.18
5×5	Alikhan Zhanybekov	57.13	1:03.21
6×6	Alper Şakım	2:18.79	2:27.08
7×7	Alper Şakım	3:35.59	4:19.85
3×3 blindfolded	Abdulla Bazarbayev	1:51.12	—
3×3 one-handed	Muhammed Volkan Güngör	16.07	19.27
Clock	Mehmet Yusuf Aydemir	8.22	10.16
Megaminx	Erkin Can	54.22	57.41
Pyraminx	Ahmet Çınar Ablak	2.08	3.03
Skewb	Amirali Rajab Pourmoghaddam	4.54	5.27
Square-1	Muhammed Volkan Güngör	10.10	11.08

The PB harvest

108 set · 40 still standing

Jaloliddin Rasulov — 3×3 single 7.71: into the top 2.3% of the event's history.
Ebubekir Levent Durmuş — Pyraminx single 4.57: into the top 10.6% of the event's history.
Eren Davutoğlu — 2×2 single 2.74: into the top 11.4% of the event's history.
Selim Büyükçolak — 3×3 single 11.32: into the top 11.5% of the event's history.
Emir Sami Murat — 3×3 single 11.68: into the top 12.8% of the event's history.
Tarık Ali Taşgetiren — 3×3 single 11.89: into the top 13.5% of the event's history.
Eren Davutoğlu — 3×3 single 11.97: into the top 13.8% of the event's history.
Mehmet Yusuf Aydemir — 4×4 single 42.49: into the top 15.1% of the event's history.

First-timers

24 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

88 competitors · 472 results · 13 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. Ahmet Çınar Ablak won it with a 7.59 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

88 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.