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İstanbul · 13 September 2025 · 9 events · 83 competitors · 99 personal bests

Hoomaan Motevalli Habibi won two of the nine events (2×2, Pyraminx) and the closest final was the Skewb, won by Amirali Rajab Pourmoghaddam by 0.15 seconds. 83 competitors produced 99 personal bests, 59 of which still stand today, and 29 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Muhammed Abdulkadir Fatih Gereken took a 2×2 single of 16.27 down to 3.12, 81 percent better in one day.

Two wins

Hoomaan Motevalli Habibi — 2×2, Pyraminx

0.15s

closest final — Skewb, Amirali Rajab Pourmoghaddam over Hoomaan Motevalli Habibi

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Ahmet İhsan Özkan	6.29	7.79
2×2	Hoomaan Motevalli Habibi	1.44	2.44
4×4	Ahmet Berkalp Tarakçı	28.37	32.83
5×5	Mert Sağdınç	1:01.14	1:03.45
3×3 one-handed	Muhammed Volkan Güngör	12.07	14.13
Clock	Alper Şakım	6.41	7.91
Pyraminx	Hoomaan Motevalli Habibi	1.95	2.53
Skewb	Amirali Rajab Pourmoghaddam	2.51	4.19
Square-1	Muhammed Volkan Güngör	9.25	11.05

The PB harvest

99 set · 59 still standing

Mert Sağdınç — 3×3 single 6.30: into the top 0.69% of the event's history.
Ahmet İhsan Özkan — 3×3 one-handed single 10.87: into the top 1.7% of the event's history.
Sertaç Ali Sarp Sennaz — Pyraminx single 2.68: into the top 2.7% of the event's history.
Timur Demirci — 3×3 single 9.20: into the top 5.3% of the event's history.
Muhammed Volkan Güngör — Pyraminx single 3.75: into the top 6.5% of the event's history.
Toprak Berva Yıldırım — Skewb single 3.34: into the top 6.8% of the event's history.
Sarp Poyraz — Pyraminx single 3.95: into the top 7.4% of the event's history.
Alp Gürbüzer — 2×2 single 2.55: into the top 9.4% of the event's history.

First-timers

29 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 28,483 people who made their debut in 2025. 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

83 competitors · 465 results · 9 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 İhsan Özkan won it with a 7.79 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

83 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.