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Ankara Winter 2022

Ankara · 29 January 2022 · 7 events · 53 competitors · 52 personal bests

Ihor Sukhovatenko (Ігор Суховатенко) won four of the seven events (3×3, 4×4, 5×5) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Ahmet Çınar Ablak by 0.19 seconds. 53 competitors produced 52 personal bests, 14 of which still stand today, and 25 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Adam Massah set the 3×3 single national record: 11.15.

Four wins
Ihor Sukhovatenko (Ігор Суховатенко) — 3×3, 4×4, 5×5, 3×3 one-handed
0.19s
closest final — 2×2, Ahmet Çınar Ablak over Ömer Faruk Bircan
52
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

The PB harvest

52 set · 14 still standing
  • Yiğit Eren Bakır — 2×2 single 1.85: into the top 3.9% of the event's history.
  • Yiğit Eren Bakır — 3×3 one-handed single 13.83: into the top 5.8% of the event's history.
  • Selim Sungur — 3×3 single 9.63: into the top 6.4% of the event's history.
  • Yiğit Eren Bakır — 3×3 single 10.07: into the top 7.7% of the event's history.
  • Yusuf Güzeler — Pyraminx single 5.31: into the top 15.1% of the event's history.
  • Erin Jason Griffeth — 3×3 single 14.37: into the top 22.3% of the event's history.
  • Ali Kemal Özbek — 4×4 single 48.18: into the top 22.3% of the event's history.
  • Ahmet Barış Atlı — Pyraminx single 6.92: into the top 27.2% of the event's history.

First-timers

25 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

5 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

53 competitors · 320 results · 7 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. Ihor Sukhovatenko (Ігор Суховатенко) won it with a 8.28 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

53 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.