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Back To School İstanbul B 2024

İstanbul · 29 September 2024 · 6 events · 35 competitors · 39 personal bests

Amirali Rajab Pourmoghaddam won two of the six events (Pyraminx, Skewb) and the closest final was the 3×3 one-handed, won by Şadi Demir Nokay by 0.53 seconds. 35 competitors produced 39 personal bests, 15 of which still stand today, and nine people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Kamer Cem Aytepeli took a Square-1 single of 1:01.15 down to 33.52, 45 percent better in one day.

Two wins
Amirali Rajab Pourmoghaddam — Pyraminx, Skewb
0.53s
closest final — 3×3 one-handed, Şadi Demir Nokay over İskender Aznavur
39
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Zhounuo Guo12.3712.63
2×2Lenny Poyraz Sages2.963.63
3×3 one-handedŞadi Demir Nokay20.3925.45
PyraminxAmirali Rajab Pourmoghaddam5.786.57
SkewbAmirali Rajab Pourmoghaddam3.354.48
Square-1Toprak Berva Yıldırım46.1550.76

The PB harvest

39 set · 15 still standing
  • Kamer Cem Aytepeli — 3×3 single 9.24: into the top 5.4% of the event's history.
  • Zhounuo Guo — 3×3 single 11.35: into the top 11.6% of the event's history.
  • Yiğit Can — 2×2 single 2.84: into the top 12.4% of the event's history.
  • Yiğit Can — 3×3 single 11.68: into the top 12.8% of the event's history.
  • Yahya Kefah Taha İssa — 3×3 single 14.17: into the top 21.6% of the event's history.
  • Erin Güleç — 3×3 single 16.44: into the top 29.2% of the event's history.
  • Emir Sergen Akar — 3×3 single 17.18: into the top 31.6% of the event's history.
  • Yiğit Can — 3×3 one-handed single 27.80: into the top 41.4% of the event's history.

First-timers

Nine 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

35 competitors · 158 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. Zhounuo Guo won it with a 12.63 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

35 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.