Competitions · Turkey
Ankara October 2023
Ankara · 14 October 2023 · 10 events · 36 competitors · 34 personal bests
Ahmet Çınar Ablak won eight of the ten events (3×3, 2×2, 4×4) and the closest final was the Clock, won by Zeki Hotoğlu by 0.35 seconds. 36 competitors produced 34 personal bests, 8 of which still stand today, and 13 people held a competitor card for the first time.
The moment
The day's biggest improvement
Ege Taş took a 2×2 single of 14.87 down to 3.04, 80 percent better in one day.
Winners & podiums
| Event | Winner | Single | Average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | Ahmet Çınar Ablak | 7.26 | 8.95 |
| 2×2 | Ahmet Çınar Ablak | 1.45 | 2.14 |
| 4×4 | Ahmet Çınar Ablak | 30.55 | 32.29 |
| 5×5 | Ahmet Çınar Ablak | 50.06 | 52.99 |
| 3×3 one-handed | Ahmet Çınar Ablak | 12.55 | 13.58 |
| Clock | Zeki Hotoğlu | 7.94 | 9.31 |
| Megaminx | Ahmet Çınar Ablak | 47.49 | 51.35 |
| Pyraminx | Ahmet Çınar Ablak | 2.61 | 3.63 |
| Skewb | Bora Azizoğlu | 3.43 | 4.11 |
| Square-1 | Ahmet Çınar Ablak | 7.94 | 11.66 |
The PB harvest
34 set · 8 still standing- Emirhan Gökçe — 3×3 one-handed single 14.61: into the top 7.3% of the event's history.
- Birkan Mayadağ — 4×4 single 35.97: into the top 7.6% of the event's history.
- Ege Taş — 2×2 single 3.04: into the top 14.7% of the event's history.
- Mert Savar — 2×2 single 3.72: into the top 23.0% of the event's history.
- Hamza Efe Küçükcaymaz — 3×3 single 18.85: into the top 36.7% of the event's history.
- İhsan Akın Çelik — 2×2 single 5.56: into the top 46.0% of the event's history.
- Alptekin Kerem Kılıç — 2×2 single 8.75: into the top 72.2% of the event's history.
- Alptekin Kerem Kılıç — 3×3 single 40.40: into the top 77.3% of the event's history.
First-timers
13 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
36 competitors · 229 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. Ahmet Çınar Ablak won it with a 8.95 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.
- 1
U' R D F2 U R B D' F2 B' U2 D2 L2 D2 R2 B R2 U2 L U' - 2
D B' L' F2 R2 B2 F2 D U L2 F2 U2 F' L D2 U' F' U R - 3
R D2 U2 L2 F' U2 L2 F' U2 F L2 F L B F2 R' D F2 D2 R' - 4
R F D U L2 U2 R2 B2 U' F2 L2 F2 R U2 B U B2 L2 F2 - 5
F B2 D F2 D L2 F2 R2 U' L2 B L U' R D B2 D F' D'
solve 1
solve 2
solve 3
solve 4
solve 5
Race this final
Everyone who competed
36 competitors- Ahmet Çınar Ablak
- Alim Jahangırov
- Alptekin Kerem Kılıç
- Arda Anthony O'Farrell
- Bartu Efe Barut
- Batu Mutdoğan
- Berke İnan Tol
- Birkan Mayadağ
- Bora Azizoğlu
- Can Ersoy
- Can Semiz
- Dağhan Yılmaz
- Ecevit Ablak
- Efe Zeybek
- Ege Gündoğdu
- Ege Taş
- Emir Özdemir
- Emir Sami Murat
- Emirhan Gökçe
- Hamza Efe Küçükcaymaz
- Hüseyin Akgün
- İhsan Akın Çelik
- İnci Demir
- Kerem Oymacı
- Kuzey Noyan Varlıoğlu
- Mehmet Selim Gürcan
- Mert Savar
- Mete Deniz Özen
- Nazende Nil Söğüt
- Nihat Sarp Ustaömer
- Selim Sungur
- Timur Demirci
- Tuncer Efe Doğan
- Yakup Kara
- Zeki Hotoğlu
- Zübeyr Selim Teken
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.