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Ankara Summer 2021

Ankara · 10 July 2021 · 11 events · 44 competitors · 38 personal bests

Samir Homsi won six of the eleven events (3×3, 4×4, 5×5) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Mete İsbir by 0.03 seconds. 44 competitors produced 38 personal bests, 10 of which still stand today, and 22 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Kerem Eroğlu set the 7×7 single national record: 2:56.97.

Six wins
Samir Homsi — 3×3, 4×4, 5×5, Megaminx, Pyraminx, Skewb
0.03s
closest final — 2×2, Mete İsbir over Ömer Faruk Bircan
38
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Samir Homsi7.449.09
2×2Mete İsbir2.683.16
4×4Samir Homsi31.4632.20
5×5Samir Homsi1:02.491:07.45
6×6Kerem Eroğlu2:04.002:16.21
7×7Kerem Eroğlu2:56.973:01.15
3×3 one-handedTolga Kaan Kantarcı14.3715.69
MegaminxSamir Homsi49.5152.79
PyraminxSamir Homsi2.323.56
SkewbSamir Homsi2.413.83
Square-1Burak Erdil Biçer15.9818.92

The PB harvest

38 set · 10 still standing
  • Samir Homsi — Skewb single 2.41: into the top 2.6% of the event's history.
  • Samir Homsi — 6×6 single 2:08.10: into the top 14.5% of the event's history.
  • Doruk Dokurer — 3×3 single 13.83: into the top 20.4% of the event's history.
  • Dora Demir — 3×3 single 16.46: into the top 29.3% of the event's history.
  • Erkin Can — Square-1 single 22.13: into the top 32.7% of the event's history.
  • Doruk Dokurer — 2×2 single 5.60: into the top 46.5% of the event's history.
  • Yusuf Güzeler — 4×4 single 1:12.76: into the top 49.6% of the event's history.
  • Yusuf Güzeler — Square-1 single 31.99: into the top 53.2% of the event's history.

First-timers

22 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 4,438 people who made their debut in 2021. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

5 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

44 competitors · 262 results · 11 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. Samir Homsi won it with a 9.09 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

44 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.