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Ankara June 2023

Ankara · 3 June 2023 · 8 events · 22 competitors · 18 personal bests

Ahmet Çınar Ablak won seven of the eight events (3×3, 2×2, 4×4) and the closest final was the Skewb, won by Bora Azizoğlu by 0.80 seconds. 22 competitors produced 18 personal bests, 7 of which still stand today, and five people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Tuncer Efe Doğan took a 2×2 single of 9.83 down to 3.04, 69 percent better in one day.

Seven wins
Ahmet Çınar Ablak — 3×3, 2×2, 4×4, 5×5, 3×3 one-handed, Clock, Pyraminx
0.80s
closest final — Skewb, Bora Azizoğlu over Ahmet Çınar Ablak
18
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Ahmet Çınar Ablak5.817.83
2×2Ahmet Çınar Ablak1.082.50
4×4Ahmet Çınar Ablak30.4532.84
5×5Ahmet Çınar Ablak50.4256.47
3×3 one-handedAhmet Çınar Ablak11.9215.81
ClockAhmet Çınar Ablak7.058.31
PyraminxAhmet Çınar Ablak3.444.78
SkewbBora Azizoğlu3.664.56

The PB harvest

18 set · 7 still standing
  • Dağhan Yılmaz — 2×2 single 2.54: into the top 9.3% of the event's history.
  • Tuncer Efe Doğan — 2×2 single 3.04: into the top 14.7% of the event's history.
  • Çağan Süngü — 3×3 single 18.18: into the top 34.6% of the event's history.
  • Ahmet Eren Çatma — Pyraminx single 11.11: into the top 61.3% of the event's history.
  • Ahmet Eren Çatma — 3×3 single 29.31: into the top 61.3% of the event's history.
  • Mert Erbaş — 3×3 single 38.06: into the top 74.6% of the event's history.
  • Mehmet Efe Keser — 3×3 single 50.65: into the top 86.5% of the event's history.

First-timers

Five 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

No national, continental or world records were set at this competition. That is true of most competitions.

The field

22 competitors · 137 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 7.83 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

22 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.