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Ankara Gloria October 2025

Ankara · 18 October 2025 · 8 events · 33 competitors · 41 personal bests

Ahmet Çınar Ablak won six of the eight events (3×3, 2×2, 4×4) and the closest final was the Pyraminx, won by Ahmet Çınar Ablak by 0.85 seconds. 33 competitors produced 41 personal bests, 19 of which still stand today, and five people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Ahmet Çınar Ablak set the 5×5 average national record: 48.82.

Six wins
Ahmet Çınar Ablak — 3×3, 2×2, 4×4, 5×5, 3×3 one-handed, Pyraminx
0.85s
closest final — Pyraminx, Ahmet Çınar Ablak over Alim Jahangırov
41
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Ahmet Çınar Ablak5.857.62
2×2Ahmet Çınar Ablak1.451.86
4×4Ahmet Çınar Ablak28.0331.08
5×5Ahmet Çınar Ablak47.0248.82
3×3 one-handedAhmet Çınar Ablak11.2512.10
ClockZeki Hotoğlu7.508.95
PyraminxAhmet Çınar Ablak2.093.18
SkewbBora Azizoğlu3.053.83

The PB harvest

41 set · 19 still standing
  • Onur Karahan — Skewb single 3.00: into the top 5.0% of the event's history.
  • Celal Doğa Yazıcı — Pyraminx single 4.22: into the top 8.8% of the event's history.
  • Yakup Kara — 3×3 single 11.33: into the top 11.5% of the event's history.
  • Osman Cemil Keskin — Skewb single 4.68: into the top 15.8% of the event's history.
  • Yaman Şimşek — 3×3 single 14.59: into the top 23.0% of the event's history.
  • Celal Doğa Yazıcı — 3×3 single 14.87: into the top 24.0% of the event's history.
  • Sami Kaymak — Pyraminx single 6.61: into the top 24.7% of the event's history.
  • Nihat Sarp Ustaömer — 4×4 single 50.87: into the top 25.8% of the event's history.

First-timers

Five 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

1 regional record was set at this competition.

The field

33 competitors · 215 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 7.62 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

33 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.