Competitions · Turkey
Back To School İstanbul A 2024
İstanbul · 28 September 2024 · 6 events · 30 competitors · 26 personal bests
Hoomaan Motevalli Habibi won two of the six events (2×2, Pyraminx) and the closest final was the Skewb, won by Timur Demirci by 0.23 seconds. 30 competitors produced 26 personal bests, 8 of which still stand today, and ten people held a competitor card for the first time.
The moment
The day's biggest improvement
Ahmet Sait Kapıcıoğlu took a Pyraminx single of 8.35 down to 4.46, 47 percent better in one day.
Winners & podiums
| Event | Winner | Single | Average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | Ahmet İhsan Özkan | 7.85 | 8.65 |
| 2×2 | Hoomaan Motevalli Habibi | 1.81 | 3.03 |
| 3×3 one-handed | Muhammed Volkan Güngör | 14.16 | 16.50 |
| Pyraminx | Hoomaan Motevalli Habibi | 3.01 | 3.92 |
| Skewb | Timur Demirci | 3.66 | 5.01 |
| Square-1 | Muhammed Volkan Güngör | 9.18 | 9.62 |
The PB harvest
26 set · 8 still standing- Alikhan Zhanybekov — Skewb single 4.50: into the top 14.5% of the event's history.
- Eren Alp Yılmaz — 2×2 single 3.74: into the top 23.2% of the event's history.
- Ömer Berke Çakal — 3×3 single 15.95: into the top 27.6% of the event's history.
- Ömer Berke Çakal — Skewb single 6.38: into the top 28.7% of the event's history.
- Kuzey Sönmez — Skewb single 7.24: into the top 35.5% of the event's history.
- Toda Baek — 3×3 single 20.25: into the top 40.7% of the event's history.
- Ardan Kaya — Pyraminx single 9.40: into the top 48.2% of the event's history.
- Alya Erbaş — Pyraminx single 16.49: into the top 86.4% of the event's history.
First-timers
Ten people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 32,954 people who made their debut in 2024. Start here explains what a first competition is like.
Records watch
No national, continental or world records were set at this competition. That is true of most competitions.
The field
30 competitors · 132 results · 6 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 İhsan Özkan won it with a 8.65 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.
- 1
U2 R2 D2 F2 U2 F2 U2 B' R2 B D2 R' B D F' U2 F2 U R' F' - 2
B R F2 D2 R U2 L' F2 R B2 U2 D B' R' F U' F2 D' F2 - 3
R' D' R2 B2 U2 R F2 R' F2 L' D2 B2 D' B R2 U F U' L' - 4
U' L' D2 F' R2 F2 L U R F2 D2 F2 L2 D B2 U' B2 L - 5
U' R' U' B2 R2 D2 F D2 R' D2 F2 L' U2 R2 B' L F' D2
solve 1
solve 2
solve 3
solve 4
solve 5
Race this final
Everyone who competed
30 competitors- Ahmet İhsan Özkan
- Ahmet Sait Kapıcıoğlu
- Ali Abdelsalam Eldarragi
- Ali Kaan Kulaksızoğlu
- Ali Kemal Özbek
- Alikhan Zhanybekov
- Alya Erbaş
- Ardan Kaya
- Barış Tahir Kurtuluş
- Batu Ulcay
- Bora Kazal
- Efe Ehlidil
- Emir Mete Doğan
- Eren Alp Yılmaz
- Halil Erüstündağ
- Hoomaan Motevalli Habibi
- Kerem Deniz Tıraş
- Kuzey Sönmez
- Luka Aslan Nas
- Melisa Şen
- Mert Sağdınç
- Mertkan Karaaslan
- Mete Sığırcı
- Muhammed Volkan Güngör
- Mustafa Çamlıca
- Ömer Berke Çakal
- Ömer Kalender
- Ramzan Aliev
- Timur Demirci
- Toda Baek
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.