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Ankara Gloria Weekend 2025

Ankara · 27 September 2025 · 8 events · 45 competitors · 59 personal bests

Ahmet Çınar Ablak won five of the eight events (3×3, 2×2, 4×4) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Ahmet Çınar Ablak by 0.42 seconds. 45 competitors produced 59 personal bests, 25 of which still stand today, and ten people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Ahmet Çınar Ablak set the 3×3 average national record: 6.74.

Five wins
Ahmet Çınar Ablak — 3×3, 2×2, 4×4, 5×5, 3×3 one-handed
0.42s
closest final — 2×2, Ahmet Çınar Ablak over Nihat Sarp Ustaömer
59
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Ahmet Çınar Ablak5.877.14
2×2Ahmet Çınar Ablak1.542.40
4×4Ahmet Çınar Ablak26.7227.91
5×5Ahmet Çınar Ablak51.3053.08
3×3 one-handedAhmet Çınar Ablak10.8513.28
ClockZeki Hotoğlu8.499.72
PyraminxAlim Jahangırov3.833.94
SkewbBora Azizoğlu2.533.72

The PB harvest

59 set · 25 still standing
  • Alim Jahangırov — 4×4 single 25.67: into the top 0.89% of the event's history.
  • Aras Şanlıtürk — Skewb single 1.99: into the top 1.4% of the event's history.
  • Bora Azizoğlu — 3×3 single 7.60: into the top 2.1% of the event's history.
  • Alim Jahangırov — Skewb single 2.45: into the top 2.7% of the event's history.
  • Celal Doğa Yazıcı — 2×2 single 1.75: into the top 3.3% of the event's history.
  • Yakup Kara — 2×2 single 2.08: into the top 5.3% of the event's history.
  • Kerem Tahir Özmen — Skewb single 3.13: into the top 5.6% of the event's history.
  • Doğa Özer — 3×3 single 9.72: into the top 6.7% of the event's history.

First-timers

Ten 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

45 competitors · 271 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 7.14 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

45 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.