Competitions · Turkey

Ankara April 2025

Ankara · 5 April 2025 · 7 events · 70 competitors · 78 personal bests

Ahmet Çınar Ablak won six of the seven events (3×3, 2×2, 4×4) and the closest final was the Clock, won by Kerem Karaer by 0.19 seconds. 70 competitors produced 78 personal bests, 40 of which still stand today, and 34 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Tibet Ergün took a 2×2 single of 12.85 down to 5.29, 59 percent better in one day.

Six wins

Ahmet Çınar Ablak — 3×3, 2×2, 4×4, 3×3 one-handed, Pyraminx, Skewb

0.19s

closest final — Clock, Kerem Karaer over Zeki Hotoğlu

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Ahmet Çınar Ablak	6.91	7.38
2×2	Ahmet Çınar Ablak	1.57	1.81
4×4	Ahmet Çınar Ablak	26.56	29.47
3×3 one-handed	Ahmet Çınar Ablak	10.31	13.32
Clock	Kerem Karaer	6.58	8.54
Pyraminx	Ahmet Çınar Ablak	2.66	3.47
Skewb	Ahmet Çınar Ablak	3.93	5.02

The PB harvest

78 set · 40 still standing

Metehan Fazlıoğlu — Pyraminx single 4.32: into the top 9.3% of the event's history.
Ömer Poyraz Öztürk — Pyraminx single 4.51: into the top 10.3% of the event's history.
Kerem Karaer — 3×3 single 11.41: into the top 11.8% of the event's history.
Kerem Karaer — Skewb single 4.78: into the top 16.5% of the event's history.
Efe Aybars Elçiçeği — 4×4 single 43.63: into the top 16.6% of the event's history.
Taylan Karakurt — 2×2 single 3.20: into the top 16.6% of the event's history.
Muhammed Eymen Ünal — Pyraminx single 5.93: into the top 19.5% of the event's history.
Muhammed Eymen Ünal — 2×2 single 3.51: into the top 20.3% of the event's history.

First-timers

34 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 28,483 people who made their debut in 2025. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

No national, continental or world records were set at this competition. That is true of most competitions.

The field

70 competitors · 332 results · 7 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 7.38 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

70 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.