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İzmir · 15 July 2023 · 8 events · 50 competitors · 64 personal bests
Mohammad Ahmad Abu Hussein won three of the eight events (4×4, 5×5, Pyraminx) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Timucin Kara by 0.40 seconds. 50 competitors produced 64 personal bests, 28 of which still stand today, and 18 people held a competitor card for the first time.
Winners & podiums
| Event | Winner | Single | Average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | Timucin Kara | 6.85 | 8.73 |
| 2×2 | Timucin Kara | 2.03 | 3.86 |
| 4×4 | Mohammad Ahmad Abu Hussein | 38.03 | 41.14 |
| 5×5 | Mohammad Ahmad Abu Hussein | 1:25.28 | 1:29.73 |
| 3×3 one-handed | Baha Alshwaiki | 15.60 | 17.41 |
| Clock | Nikita Kim (Никита Ким) | 7.22 | 8.15 |
| Pyraminx | Mohammad Ahmad Abu Hussein | 5.92 | 6.57 |
| Skewb | Dora Saylıkoğlu | 4.94 | 7.12 |
The PB harvest
64 set · 28 still standing- Timucin Kara — 3×3 single 6.85: into the top 1.2% of the event's history.
- Timucin Kara — 2×2 single 1.64: into the top 2.8% of the event's history.
- Kerem Durak — Skewb single 3.58: into the top 8.2% of the event's history.
- Baha Alshwaiki — 3×3 one-handed single 15.60: into the top 9.4% of the event's history.
- Dora Saylıkoğlu — 3×3 single 10.68: into the top 9.5% of the event's history.
- Batu Zengel — 3×3 one-handed single 17.14: into the top 12.9% of the event's history.
- Batu Zengel — 4×4 single 42.55: into the top 15.2% of the event's history.
- Kerem Durak — 4×4 single 43.08: into the top 15.9% of the event's history.
First-timers
18 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
5 regional records were set at this competition.
The field
50 competitors · 276 results · 8 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. Timucin Kara won it with a 8.73 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.
- 1
D2 F U F2 L2 D' U' L2 F2 D' B2 R' B' L' B2 F' L U L' - 2
D2 L' B2 U2 L F2 D2 R' U2 D F' D2 R2 D' B' R D' R2 U - 3
R2 B2 U2 R2 U L2 F2 D' L2 D B' U R' D2 F2 R' D2 U F - 4
L U2 R' B' D' B U' F' U2 D2 R2 D2 B2 R2 B2 R2 D F2 R - 5
L B' D2 U2 B L2 F' U2 F R2 F R' D R2 D2 L R2 D2 U2
solve 1
solve 2
solve 3
solve 4
solve 5
Race this final
Everyone who competed
50 competitors- Ahmad Abu Hussein
- Ahmet Doruk Gönülal
- Ahmet Saygın Sevindik
- Ali Mutlu
- Ata Can Ulkay
- Baha Alshwaiki
- Batu Zengel
- Batualp Kurt
- Can Arel Sağır
- Çelik Deniz Çelik
- Çınar Nergiz
- Çınar Sarıoğlu
- Deniz Ateş Yalçın
- Devrim Yılmaz
- Doğa Berk Atakul
- Dora Saylıkoğlu
- Efe Şeref
- Ege Çatalcalı
- Ege Derebay
- Ege Düzgün
- Emir Minas Sözeri
- Emir Saral
- Erdem Günay
- Eren Erten
- Erkan Kırkan
- Güney Ünal
- İbrahim Beyinli
- İlker Demir Billur
- Kerem Durak
- Mehmet Efe Günay
- Mina Dingil
- Miral Kerem Özcan
- Mohammad Ahmad Abu Hussein
- Murat Onur Billur
- Mustafa Çamlıca
- Mustafa Sayın
- Nazir Umut Polat
- Nejat Ege Bilgen
- Nikita Kim (Никита Ким)
- Nil Gürbüz
- Oğuz Karaoğlu
- Ozan Gündoğan
- Özcan Arda Cansız
- Sadettin Eymen Bulanık
- Sayed Haidar Almousawi
- Sefer Emir Turgut
- Tasneem Almousawi
- Timucin Kara
- Yalın Yılmaz
- 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.