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İzmir · 3 August 2018 · 11 events · 69 competitors · 107 personal bests

Burak Erdil Biçer won three of the eleven events (2×2, Skewb, Square-1) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Burak Erdil Biçer by 0.23 seconds. 69 competitors produced 107 personal bests, 39 of which still stand today, and 23 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Acar Gök set the 2×2 single national record: 1.33.

Three wins

Burak Erdil Biçer — 2×2, Skewb, Square-1

0.23s

closest final — 2×2, Burak Erdil Biçer over Acar Gök

107

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Ahmet Güzel	7.98	9.28
2×2	Burak Erdil Biçer	1.86	2.78
4×4	Ahmet Güzel	36.94	40.11
5×5	Sherkhan-Mukhammad Nasirov	1:09.36	1:11.54
6×6	Sherkhan-Mukhammad Nasirov	2:18.39	2:30.06
3×3 blindfolded	Tolga Kaan Kantarcı	2:15.26	—
3×3 Fewest Moves	Mutlu Özçelebi	31 moves	—
3×3 one-handed	Tolga Kaan Kantarcı	12.66	14.84
Pyraminx	Muhammed Enes Ertaş	4.51	5.30
Skewb	Burak Erdil Biçer	4.17	5.78
Square-1	Burak Erdil Biçer	11.73	14.61

The PB harvest

107 set · 39 still standing

Muhammed Enes Ertaş — 3×3 single 9.66: into the top 6.5% of the event's history.
Burak Erdil Biçer — Skewb single 4.17: into the top 12.1% of the event's history.
Sherkhan-Mukhammad Nasirov — 2×2 single 3.50: into the top 20.2% of the event's history.
Ataberk Şencan — Skewb single 5.31: into the top 20.6% of the event's history.
Ahmet Yunus Gırcın — 3×3 one-handed single 20.21: into the top 21.0% of the event's history.
Ataberk Şencan — 4×4 single 47.37: into the top 21.3% of the event's history.
Doğaç Eldenk — 5×5 single 1:23.26: into the top 21.8% of the event's history.
Bora Erduran — 3×3 single 14.75: into the top 23.6% of the event's history.

First-timers

23 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 26,076 people who made their debut in 2018. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

18 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

69 competitors · 458 results · 11 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 9.28 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

69 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.