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Atatürk Cube Day 2016

İzmir · 16 July 2016 · 8 events · 30 competitors · 40 personal bests

Ahmet Güzel won three of the eight events (3×3, 5×5, 3×3 one-handed) and the closest final was the 3×3 one-handed, won by Ahmet Güzel by 0.64 seconds. 30 competitors produced 40 personal bests, 12 of which still stand today, and 14 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Ahmet Güzel set the 5×5 single national record: 1:24.60.

Three wins
Ahmet Güzel — 3×3, 5×5, 3×3 one-handed
0.64s
closest final — 3×3 one-handed, Ahmet Güzel over Eyüp Erbeyin
40
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Ahmet Güzel9.2610.23
2×2Vako Marchilashvili (ვაკო მარჩილაშვილი)2.083.32
4×4Mert Sağdınç37.1144.56
5×5Ahmet Güzel1:24.601:38.86
3×3 blindfoldedMuhammed Enes Ertaş1:38.422:08.15
3×3 one-handedAhmet Güzel16.1020.81
PyraminxMuhammed Enes Ertaş5.456.01
SkewbHasan Hüseyin Türkmen3.897.22

The PB harvest

40 set · 12 still standing
  • Hasan Hüseyin Türkmen — Skewb single 3.89: into the top 10.1% of the event's history.
  • Batuhan Şanlı — Pyraminx single 4.98: into the top 13.0% of the event's history.
  • Muhammed Enes Ertaş — 2×2 single 3.14: into the top 15.9% of the event's history.
  • Hasan Hüseyin Türkmen — 3×3 single 12.60: into the top 16.0% of the event's history.
  • Yusuf Nar — 3×3 single 13.04: into the top 17.6% of the event's history.
  • Yusuf Nar — 2×2 single 3.98: into the top 26.2% of the event's history.
  • Nurullah Ertaş — Pyraminx single 6.82: into the top 26.4% of the event's history.
  • Mutlu Özçelebi — Pyraminx single 7.50: into the top 32.0% of the event's history.

First-timers

14 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 17,946 people who made their debut in 2016. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

18 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

30 competitors · 220 results · 8 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 Güzel won it with a 10.23 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

30 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.