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Ankara Summer 2018

Ankara · 8 September 2018 · 9 events · 48 competitors · 74 personal bests

Burak Erdil Biçer won three of the nine events (3×3, 4×4, Square-1) and the closest final was the Pyraminx, won by Samir Homsi by 0.09 seconds. 48 competitors produced 74 personal bests, 20 of which still stand today, and twelve people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Muhammed Enes Ertaş set the 3×3 blindfolded single national record: 1:19.89.

Three wins
Burak Erdil Biçer — 3×3, 4×4, Square-1
0.09s
closest final — Pyraminx, Samir Homsi over Muhammed Enes Ertaş
74
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Burak Erdil Biçer8.159.70
2×2Acar Gök1.882.66
4×4Burak Erdil Biçer36.1138.47
5×5Can Gücüyener1:16.621:23.86
3×3 blindfoldedMuhammed Enes Ertaş1:19.89
3×3 Fewest MovesMutlu Özçelebi32 moves
3×3 one-handedTolga Kaan Kantarcı14.0914.99
PyraminxSamir Homsi2.984.98
Square-1Burak Erdil Biçer13.8016.31

The PB harvest

74 set · 20 still standing
  • Mete İsbir — 2×2 single 1.69: into the top 3.0% of the event's history.
  • Taylan Timis — 2×2 single 2.24: into the top 6.5% of the event's history.
  • Mete İsbir — Pyraminx single 4.60: into the top 10.8% of the event's history.
  • Tuna Yılmaz — 2×2 single 2.69: into the top 10.8% of the event's history.
  • Barış Özkan — Pyraminx single 5.27: into the top 14.9% of the event's history.
  • Muhammed Enes Ertaş — 3×3 one-handed single 18.39: into the top 16.1% of the event's history.
  • Abdullah Talayhan — 2×2 single 3.28: into the top 17.5% of the event's history.
  • Emircan Kütük — 2×2 single 3.62: into the top 21.7% of the event's history.

First-timers

Twelve people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 26,076 people who made their debut in 2018. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

4 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

48 competitors · 342 results · 9 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. Burak Erdil Biçer won it with a 9.70 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

48 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.