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Ankara Cube Weekend 2025

Ankara · 25 January 2025 · 8 events · 67 competitors · 65 personal bests

Ahmet Çınar Ablak won eight of the eight events (3×3, 2×2, 4×4) and the closest final was the Clock, won by Ahmet Çınar Ablak by 0.93 seconds. 67 competitors produced 65 personal bests, 18 of which still stand today, and 35 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Ahmet Çınar Ablak set the 2×2 single national record: 0.86.

Eight wins
Ahmet Çınar Ablak — 3×3, 2×2, 4×4, 5×5, 3×3 one-handed, Clock, Pyraminx, Skewb
0.93s
closest final — Clock, Ahmet Çınar Ablak over Zeki Hotoğlu
65
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Ahmet Çınar Ablak7.107.44
2×2Ahmet Çınar Ablak1.441.88
4×4Ahmet Çınar Ablak25.8929.28
5×5Ahmet Çınar Ablak46.9549.26
3×3 one-handedAhmet Çınar Ablak12.5915.06
ClockAhmet Çınar Ablak7.058.09
PyraminxAhmet Çınar Ablak2.002.75
SkewbAhmet Çınar Ablak4.185.04

The PB harvest

65 set · 18 still standing
  • Ömer Eymen Akar — 2×2 single 1.37: into the top 1.6% of the event's history.
  • Gün Mete Uysal — 2×2 single 2.96: into the top 13.8% of the event's history.
  • Furkan Efe Yılmaz — Pyraminx single 5.47: into the top 16.2% of the event's history.
  • Kuzey Yilmaz — 3×3 single 13.12: into the top 17.8% of the event's history.
  • Mehmet Selim Namazcı — Skewb single 5.23: into the top 20.0% of the event's history.
  • Yavuz Ata Mutlu — 2×2 single 4.10: into the top 27.8% of the event's history.
  • Osman Tuna Babat — 2×2 single 4.25: into the top 29.7% of the event's history.
  • Taha Yasin Gedik — 2×2 single 4.36: into the top 31.1% of the event's history.

First-timers

35 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

2 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

67 competitors · 307 results · 8 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 7.44 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

67 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.