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Ankara December 2022

Ankara · 17 December 2022 · 9 events · 29 competitors · 39 personal bests

Andrey Che won seven of the nine events (3×3, 2×2, 4×4) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Andrey Che by 0.00 seconds. 29 competitors produced 39 personal bests, 12 of which still stand today, and four people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Ahmet Çınar Ablak set the 7×7 single national record: 2:34.28.

Seven wins
Andrey Che — 3×3, 2×2, 4×4, 5×5, 3×3 one-handed, Clock, Pyraminx
0.00s
closest final — 2×2, Andrey Che over Ahmet Çınar Ablak
39
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Andrey Che6.417.22
2×2Andrey Che1.342.30
4×4Andrey Che27.7531.25
5×5Andrey Che51.1954.67
6×6Ahmet Çınar Ablak1:38.741:43.14
7×7Ahmet Çınar Ablak2:34.282:43.74
3×3 one-handedAndrey Che9.5811.51
ClockAndrey Che7.908.04
PyraminxAndrey Che2.102.72

The PB harvest

39 set · 12 still standing
  • Ömer Faruk Bircan — 2×2 single 1.16: into the top 0.92% of the event's history.
  • Ömer Faruk Bircan — 3×3 single 8.55: into the top 3.8% of the event's history.
  • Ömer Faruk Bircan — 4×4 single 43.65: into the top 16.6% of the event's history.
  • Ömer Faruk Bircan — 5×5 single 1:20.60: into the top 19.6% of the event's history.
  • Emre Bayraktar — 3×3 single 15.97: into the top 27.7% of the event's history.
  • Emre Bayraktar — 3×3 one-handed single 28.98: into the top 44.3% of the event's history.
  • Çınar Yıldız — Pyraminx single 9.52: into the top 49.2% of the event's history.
  • Emre Bayraktar — 4×4 single 1:13.55: into the top 50.3% of the event's history.

First-timers

Four people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 26,245 people who made their debut in 2022. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

1 regional record was set at this competition.

The field

29 competitors · 175 results · 9 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. Andrey Che won it with a 7.22 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

29 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.