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Istanbul · 12 March 2022 · 13 events · 56 competitors · 115 personal bests
Ianis Costin Chele won four of the 13 events (2×2, Megaminx, Pyraminx) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Tolga Kaan Kantarcı by 0.61 seconds. 56 competitors produced 115 personal bests, 34 of which still stand today, and 17 people held a competitor card for the first time.
Winners & podiums
| Event | Winner | Single | Average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | Tolga Kaan Kantarcı | 7.86 | 8.99 |
| 2×2 | Ianis Costin Chele | 1.29 | 1.93 |
| 4×4 | Mert Sağdınç | 33.00 | 36.05 |
| 5×5 | Kerem Eroğlu | 1:07.84 | 1:08.54 |
| 6×6 | Kerem Eroğlu | 1:54.70 | 2:00.63 |
| 7×7 | Kerem Eroğlu | 2:47.59 | 3:02.82 |
| 3×3 blindfolded | Byegarys Jandaulyet | 1:08.22 | — |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | Byegarys Jandaulyet | 33 moves | — |
| 3×3 one-handed | Tolga Kaan Kantarcı | 11.61 | 13.73 |
| Megaminx | Ianis Costin Chele | 51.89 | 57.55 |
| Pyraminx | Ianis Costin Chele | 3.28 | 3.74 |
| Skewb | Ianis Costin Chele | 3.06 | 4.07 |
| Square-1 | Utku Yılmaz | 12.55 | 13.63 |
The PB harvest
115 set · 34 still standing- Hızır Doruk Azaklı — Pyraminx single 3.64: into the top 6.0% of the event's history.
- Alp Terliksiz — 2×2 single 2.37: into the top 7.7% of the event's history.
- Rami El Mallah — 4×4 single 37.40: into the top 9.1% of the event's history.
- Mert Aykol — Pyraminx single 4.31: into the top 9.2% of the event's history.
- Alp Terliksiz — 3×3 single 10.93: into the top 10.3% of the event's history.
- Jihun Baek — 2×2 single 2.75: into the top 11.5% of the event's history.
- Yiğit Ali Çelik — Pyraminx single 4.85: into the top 12.3% of the event's history.
- Tuna Gürel — Pyraminx single 5.15: into the top 14.1% of the event's history.
First-timers
17 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
28 regional records were set at this competition.
The field
56 competitors · 431 results · 13 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. Tolga Kaan Kantarcı won it with a 8.99 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.
- 1
R' B2 R2 D2 B2 L F2 L U' L2 U2 B' L F' L2 D L2 D' L2 - 2
B' R L B U' D L F2 D B F2 L2 B2 L2 D' L2 F2 U D' R2 - 3
D' B' D R2 F2 D B2 D R2 U F D B R' B L F R' U - 4
L2 U2 B' D' B2 D2 B2 U2 L2 U2 F R2 L U F U' R' D R' - 5
F R' U2 F2 U' B R' L B2 L B' L2 F' R2 F' R2 U2 R2 U'
solve 1
solve 2
solve 3
solve 4
solve 5
Race this final
Everyone who competed
56 competitors- A. Cenk Dönmez
- Adam Massah
- Ahmet Faruk Acar
- Ahmet Yusuf Kahraman
- Ali Kemal Özbek
- Ali Rıza Kulaksız
- Alikhan Zhanybekov
- Alp Terliksiz
- Alper Şakım
- Amaanah Shaibu
- Atakan Acar
- Bedirhan Alagöz
- Berk Delen
- Burak Erdil Biçer
- Burçak Bilge Başaranoğlu
- Byegarys Jandaulyet
- Can Kağan Özkök
- Deniz Han Bilyay
- Emir Yusuf Çiçekdemir
- Esra Mehmedova
- Feyman Ege Akyıldız
- Furkan Yahyaoğlu
- Hüseyin Özbaş
- Hızır Doruk Azaklı
- Ianis Costin Chele
- İdil Camgöz
- Jihun Baek
- Kerem Eroğlu
- Lenny Poyraz Sages
- Mehmet Eren Yegen
- Mehmet Fatih Çeribaş
- Mehmet Yusuf Aydemir
- Mert Aykol
- Mert Sağdınç
- Michael Eleftheriades
- Muhammad Ali
- Muhammed Volkan Güngör
- Nurullah Ertaş
- Ömer Çetinkaya
- Rafik Sarwat Naeem Ragheb
- Rami El Mallah
- Salih Salihoğlu
- Sarp Abaç
- Sepehr Tak
- Timur Demirci
- Timur Geyik
- Timur Kaya
- Tolga Kaan Kantarcı
- Toprak Berva Yıldırım
- Tuna Gürel
- Ümit Batu Başkırt
- Umut Baran Almaz
- Uras Somer
- Utku Yılmaz
- Yiğit Ali Çelik
- Yiğit Eren Bakır
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.