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Ankara May A 2025

Ankara · 10 May 2025 · 4 events · 36 competitors · 28 personal bests

Alim Jahangırov won two of the four events (3×3, Pyraminx) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Nihat Sarp Ustaömer by 0.80 seconds. 36 competitors produced 28 personal bests, 7 of which still stand today, and 15 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Enes Öner took a 2×2 single of 8.94 down to 4.08, 54 percent better in one day.

Two wins
Alim Jahangırov — 3×3, Pyraminx
0.80s
closest final — 2×2, Nihat Sarp Ustaömer over Alim Jahangırov
28
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Alim Jahangırov7.638.32
2×2Nihat Sarp Ustaömer2.052.53
PyraminxAlim Jahangırov2.683.41
SkewbÖmer Eymen Akar3.955.51

The PB harvest

28 set · 7 still standing
  • Enes Öner — 2×2 single 4.08: into the top 27.5% of the event's history.
  • Enes Öner — 3×3 single 17.75: into the top 33.3% of the event's history.
  • Poyraz Yaşar — 3×3 single 23.21: into the top 48.4% of the event's history.
  • Deniz Alcı — 3×3 single 40.44: into the top 77.4% of the event's history.
  • Ahmet Arda İskender — Skewb single 15.85: into the top 80.9% of the event's history.
  • Can Ege Aslan — 3×3 single 45.37: into the top 82.4% of the event's history.
  • Poyraz Yaşar — 2×2 single 12.73: into the top 86.3% of the event's history.

First-timers

15 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

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

The field

36 competitors · 131 results · 4 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. Alim Jahangırov won it with a 8.32 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

36 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.