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Cube Clash in Ankara 2024

Ankara · 25 May 2024 · 8 events · 59 competitors · 61 personal bests

Ahmet Çınar Ablak won seven of the eight events (3×3, 2×2, 4×4) and the closest final was the Clock, won by Zeki Hotoğlu by 0.19 seconds. 59 competitors produced 61 personal bests, 20 of which still stand today, and 22 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Ahmet Çınar Ablak set the Pyraminx average national record: 2.64.

Seven wins
Ahmet Çınar Ablak — 3×3, 2×2, 4×4, 5×5, 3×3 one-handed, Pyraminx, Skewb
0.19s
closest final — Clock, Zeki Hotoğlu over Ahmet Çınar Ablak
61
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Ahmet Çınar Ablak6.538.11
2×2Ahmet Çınar Ablak1.171.81
4×4Ahmet Çınar Ablak29.3932.29
5×5Ahmet Çınar Ablak51.3353.12
3×3 one-handedAhmet Çınar Ablak10.9813.64
ClockZeki Hotoğlu7.118.71
PyraminxAhmet Çınar Ablak2.383.10
SkewbAhmet Çınar Ablak3.444.22

The PB harvest

61 set · 20 still standing
  • Nihat Sarp Ustaömer — 2×2 single 1.14: into the top 0.87% of the event's history.
  • İdil Camgöz — 3×3 single 8.78: into the top 4.4% of the event's history.
  • Umut Coşan — 5×5 single 1:04.71: into the top 8.2% of the event's history.
  • Zeki Hotoğlu — Clock single 6.74: into the top 10.0% of the event's history.
  • Emir Sami Murat — Pyraminx single 4.75: into the top 11.7% of the event's history.
  • Furkan Eymen Şen — 3×3 single 11.82: into the top 13.3% of the event's history.
  • Furkan Eymen Şen — 2×2 single 2.95: into the top 13.7% of the event's history.
  • Mehmet Selim Gürcan — 3×3 single 14.41: into the top 22.4% of the event's history.

First-timers

22 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 32,954 people who made their debut in 2024. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

1 regional record was set at this competition.

The field

59 competitors · 284 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. Ahmet Çınar Ablak won it with a 8.11 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

59 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.