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Ankara Summer 2023

Ankara · 17 June 2023 · 9 events · 37 competitors · 55 personal bests

Ahmet Çınar Ablak won eight of the nine events (3×3, 2×2, 4×4) and the closest final was the Clock, won by Ahmet Çınar Ablak by 0.24 seconds. 37 competitors produced 55 personal bests, 18 of which still stand today, and six people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Bora Azizoğlu set the Skewb single national record: 2.41.

Eight wins
Ahmet Çınar Ablak — 3×3, 2×2, 4×4, 5×5, 3×3 one-handed, Clock, Pyraminx, Square-1
0.24s
closest final — Clock, Ahmet Çınar Ablak over Bora Azizoğlu
55
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Ahmet Çınar Ablak6.638.03
2×2Ahmet Çınar Ablak1.501.83
4×4Ahmet Çınar Ablak27.9631.23
5×5Ahmet Çınar Ablak47.3954.20
3×3 one-handedAhmet Çınar Ablak11.4214.80
ClockAhmet Çınar Ablak8.189.93
PyraminxAhmet Çınar Ablak2.324.82
SkewbBora Azizoğlu2.414.13
Square-1Ahmet Çınar Ablak9.0610.69

The PB harvest

55 set · 18 still standing
  • Ahmet Yusuf Uysal — 3×3 single 9.66: into the top 6.5% of the event's history.
  • Birkan Mayadağ — Pyraminx single 4.04: into the top 7.9% of the event's history.
  • Ahmet Yusuf Uysal — Pyraminx single 4.63: into the top 11.0% of the event's history.
  • Dağhan Yılmaz — 3×3 single 12.12: into the top 14.3% of the event's history.
  • Alptekin Kerem Kılıç — Skewb single 5.64: into the top 23.0% of the event's history.
  • Erdem Uzun — 2×2 single 4.20: into the top 29.1% of the event's history.
  • Mevlüt Mete Tüfek — 2×2 single 4.30: into the top 30.3% of the event's history.
  • Erdem Uzun — 3×3 single 17.28: into the top 31.9% of the event's history.

First-timers

Six 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

1 regional record was set at this competition.

The field

37 competitors · 222 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. Ahmet Çınar Ablak won it with a 8.03 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

37 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.