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Ankara January 2023

Ankara · 21 January 2023 · 10 events · 54 competitors · 74 personal bests

Alexander Bashutkin won five of the ten events (3×3, 2×2, 4×4) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Alexander Bashutkin by 0.17 seconds. 54 competitors produced 74 personal bests, 19 of which still stand today, and 15 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Ahmet Çınar Ablak set the 7×7 average national record: 2:40.18.

Five wins
Alexander Bashutkin — 3×3, 2×2, 4×4, 3×3 one-handed, Megaminx
0.17s
closest final — 2×2, Alexander Bashutkin over Ahmet Çınar Ablak
74
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Alexander Bashutkin5.667.32
2×2Alexander Bashutkin1.131.90
4×4Alexander Bashutkin26.0529.94
5×5Ahmet Çınar Ablak47.9056.26
6×6Ahmet Çınar Ablak1:44.581:46.05
7×7Ahmet Çınar Ablak2:37.132:40.18
3×3 one-handedAlexander Bashutkin10.1213.39
ClockAhmet Çınar Ablak9.2310.43
MegaminxAlexander Bashutkin49.2150.15
Square-1Ahmet Çınar Ablak10.4812.30

The PB harvest

74 set · 19 still standing
  • Ahmet Nadir Yücekaya — 3×3 single 7.72: into the top 2.3% of the event's history.
  • Umut Coşan — Megaminx single 50.18: into the top 5.2% of the event's history.
  • Ahmet Haris Alimi — 3×3 single 12.50: into the top 15.6% of the event's history.
  • Can Ersoy — 3×3 one-handed single 19.56: into the top 19.3% of the event's history.
  • Batu Dönmez — 3×3 single 13.96: into the top 20.8% of the event's history.
  • Serdar Özdemir — 2×2 single 3.74: into the top 23.2% of the event's history.
  • Doruk Efe Tek — 3×3 single 16.63: into the top 29.8% of the event's history.
  • Doruk Efe Tek — 2×2 single 4.55: into the top 33.6% of the event's history.

First-timers

15 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 37,591 people who made their debut in 2023. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

1 regional record was set at this competition.

The field

54 competitors · 291 results · 10 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. Alexander Bashutkin won it with a 7.32 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

54 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.