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Ankara Winter 2019

Ankara · 23 February 2019 · 12 events · 42 competitors · 89 personal bests

Can Gücüyener won three of the twelve events (5×5, 6×6, Megaminx) and the closest final was the Pyraminx, won by Utku Bayhan by 0.05 seconds. 42 competitors produced 89 personal bests, 34 of which still stand today, and six people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Mutlu Özçelebi set the 3×3 Fewest Moves single national record: 29 moves.

Three wins
Can Gücüyener — 5×5, 6×6, Megaminx
0.05s
closest final — Pyraminx, Utku Bayhan over Can Ersoy
89
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Ömer Çetinkaya9.2710.12
2×2Acar Gök1.782.57
4×4Ömer Çetinkaya33.9138.89
5×5Can Gücüyener1:18.121:21.64
6×6Can Gücüyener2:39.612:47.69
3×3 blindfoldedMutlu Özçelebi2:58.36
3×3 Fewest MovesMutlu Özçelebi29 moves
3×3 one-handedBerk Rende14.9118.52
MegaminxCan Gücüyener1:03.111:08.71
PyraminxUtku Bayhan3.455.48
SkewbMustafa Berke Özcan6.277.08
Square-1Ahmet Çınar Ablak12.5214.82

The PB harvest

89 set · 34 still standing
  • Atahan Yıldırım — Pyraminx single 4.54: into the top 10.5% of the event's history.
  • Mutlu Özçelebi — 3×3 Fewest Moves single 29 moves: into the top 12.2% of the event's history.
  • Eymen Çetin — 2×2 single 2.83: into the top 12.3% of the event's history.
  • James Edward Thornton — Pyraminx single 4.93: into the top 12.8% of the event's history.
  • Can Gücüyener — Skewb single 4.39: into the top 13.7% of the event's history.
  • Berk Rende — Square-1 single 14.56: into the top 15.4% of the event's history.
  • Atahan Yıldırım — 3×3 single 13.46: into the top 19.1% of the event's history.
  • Berat Koç — 3×3 single 14.32: into the top 22.1% of the event's history.

First-timers

Six people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 27,871 people who made their debut in 2019. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

3 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

42 competitors · 331 results · 12 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. Ömer Çetinkaya won it with a 10.12 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

42 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.