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İstanbul · 8 July 2023 · 10 events · 59 competitors · 66 personal bests
Alikhan Zhanybekov won three of the ten events (3×3, 5×5, Megaminx) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Kerem Gelir by 0.00 seconds. 59 competitors produced 66 personal bests, 16 of which still stand today, and 19 people held a competitor card for the first time.
Winners & podiums
| Event | Winner | Single | Average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | Alikhan Zhanybekov | 7.85 | 8.69 |
| 2×2 | Kerem Gelir | 2.14 | 3.84 |
| 4×4 | Mert Sağdınç | 29.90 | 34.30 |
| 5×5 | Alikhan Zhanybekov | 54.55 | 1:04.36 |
| 3×3 one-handed | Muhammed Volkan Güngör | 17.17 | 19.20 |
| Clock | Teodor Ghețu | 6.19 | 7.32 |
| Megaminx | Alikhan Zhanybekov | 1:15.06 | 1:25.18 |
| Pyraminx | Cemre Ertürk | 4.25 | 5.59 |
| Skewb | Cemre Ertürk | 5.79 | 7.57 |
| Square-1 | Muhammed Volkan Güngör | 8.50 | 12.88 |
The PB harvest
66 set · 16 still standing- Teodor Ghețu — Clock single 6.19: into the top 7.9% of the event's history.
- Muhammed Volkan Güngör — Skewb single 4.30: into the top 13.0% of the event's history.
- Moaz Baalbaki — 3×3 single 12.41: into the top 15.3% of the event's history.
- Efe Öztürk — Skewb single 5.01: into the top 18.2% of the event's history.
- Şadi Demir Nokay — Skewb single 5.50: into the top 22.0% of the event's history.
- Mehmet Tuna Küçük — 2×2 single 4.26: into the top 29.8% of the event's history.
- Tarık Ali Taşgetiren — Skewb single 6.82: into the top 32.2% of the event's history.
- Furkan Yahyaoğlu — 3×3 single 17.53: into the top 32.7% of the event's history.
First-timers
19 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 37,591 people who made their debut in 2023. Start here explains what a first competition is like.
Records watch
2 regional records were set at this competition.
The field
59 competitors · 320 results · 10 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. Alikhan Zhanybekov won it with a 8.69 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.
- 1
D' F2 U' L2 U' F2 L2 B2 R2 D F2 B' U B L F R B2 U L' - 2
L2 B' R' D2 B2 D2 R F2 R F2 U2 B' L2 U L2 D2 F R' F' - 3
F' U2 L2 D2 U2 B' R2 U2 B D2 R2 D' R' D' F' D2 U' L' U L - 4
D2 L2 F' D R' U' F R' B' F2 R L2 B2 L D2 R2 F' R - 5
B2 L2 F2 U2 F' D2 R2 U2 R' B' U' B' D' L' R' F U2 B2 D
solve 1
solve 2
solve 3
solve 4
solve 5
Race this final
Everyone who competed
59 competitors- Abbas Noorani
- Abdulla Bazarbayev
- Ahmad Asfour
- Ahmet Berkalp Tarakçı
- Alihan Aydınoğlu
- Alikhan Zhanybekov
- Alper Şakım
- Ameer Selo
- Amirali Rajab Pourmoghaddam
- Ardan Kaya
- Aren Seyahi
- Atakan Acar
- Ayberk Balkan
- Baha Alshwaiki
- Barış Karakuş
- Batuhan Eralp
- Bogdan Elchin
- Cemre Ertürk
- Demir Şeranoğlu
- Deniz Yıldırım
- Ecem İslam
- Eduard Serbanescu
- Efe Öztürk
- Emir Minas Sözeri
- Emir Özel
- Emir Sami Murat
- Erdem Günay
- Erin Güleç
- Furkan Yahyaoğlu
- Hakan Alakbarzade
- Hüseyin Özbaş
- Kerem Çınar Koçyıldır
- Kerem Ereğilmez
- Kerem Gelir
- Kerem Göl
- Kuzey Sönmez
- Mehmet Tuna Küçük
- Melisa Şen
- Mert Sağdınç
- Moaz Baalbaki
- Muhammed Volkan Güngör
- Mustafa Arabacı
- Mustafa Çamlıca
- Ömer Mete Arı
- Öykü Demirhan
- Poyraz Tokmak
- Resat Demirel
- Rodrigue Souane
- Roman Poryadin
- Şadi Demir Nokay
- Sarp Ateş Gürbüzer
- Sarper Alperler
- Tarık Ali Taşgetiren
- Teodor Ghețu
- Timur Tülümen
- Tuna Bahadır
- Tuna Dizlek
- Yousuf Khanfer
- Yunus Şadi Kılıç
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.