Competitions · Turkey

Ankara Summer 2022

Ankara · 25 June 2022 · 11 events · 70 competitors · 98 personal bests

Alexey Tsvetkov won five of the eleven events (3×3, 2×2, 3×3 one-handed) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Alexey Tsvetkov by 0.29 seconds. 70 competitors produced 98 personal bests, 42 of which still stand today, and 29 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Rafik Sarwat Naeem Ragheb set the 5×5 single national record: 1:10.38.

Five wins

Alexey Tsvetkov — 3×3, 2×2, 3×3 one-handed, Pyraminx, Skewb

0.29s

closest final — 3×3, Alexey Tsvetkov over Samir Homsi

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Alexey Tsvetkov	6.55	8.43
2×2	Alexey Tsvetkov	1.21	1.62
4×4	Ahmet Çınar Ablak	29.17	32.56
5×5	Ahmet Çınar Ablak	51.63	58.92
6×6	Ahmet Çınar Ablak	1:41.25	1:46.98
7×7	Ahmet Çınar Ablak	2:47.68	2:57.26
3×3 one-handed	Alexey Tsvetkov	12.67	14.59
Megaminx	Samir Homsi	47.96	53.70
Pyraminx	Alexey Tsvetkov	1.82	2.76
Skewb	Alexey Tsvetkov	2.21	3.89
Square-1	Ahmet Çınar Ablak	11.79	13.26

The PB harvest

98 set · 42 still standing

Samir Homsi — 3×3 single 6.16: into the top 0.59% of the event's history.
Samir Homsi — 4×4 single 30.06: into the top 2.9% of the event's history.
Samir Homsi — Megaminx single 47.96: into the top 4.2% of the event's history.
Mert Sağdınç — 3×3 one-handed single 13.15: into the top 4.6% of the event's history.
Ahmet Haris Alimi — 2×2 single 2.61: into the top 10.0% of the event's history.
Mehmet Kutay Bozkurt — 3×3 single 10.86: into the top 10.1% of the event's history.
Samir Homsi — Square-1 single 12.74: into the top 11.3% of the event's history.
Yusuf Güzeler — 3×3 single 11.46: into the top 12.0% of the event's history.

First-timers

29 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 26,245 people who made their debut in 2022. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

6 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

70 competitors · 465 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. Alexey Tsvetkov won it with a 8.43 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

70 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.