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Cube Revenge Istanbul 2014

Istanbul · 19 July 2014 · 7 events · 32 competitors · 62 personal bests

Can Gücüyener won two of the seven events (3×3, 2×2) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Can Gücüyener by 0.41 seconds. 32 competitors produced 62 personal bests, 32 of which still stand today, and seven people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Muhammed Enes Ertaş set the 3×3 blindfolded single national record: 2:09.56.

Two wins
Can Gücüyener — 3×3, 2×2
0.41s
closest final — 2×2, Can Gücüyener over Emin Çelikkan
62
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Can Gücüyener11.8113.10
2×2Can Gücüyener2.544.44
4×4Erdi Altınyay42.1755.14
5×5Erdi Altınyay1:43.241:48.79
3×3 blindfoldedMuhammed Enes Ertaş2:09.56
3×3 one-handedEmin Çelikkan23.0624.82
PyraminxBatuhan Şanlı6.368.60

The PB harvest

62 set · 32 still standing
  • Emin Çelikkan — 3×3 single 10.52: into the top 9.0% of the event's history.
  • Ege Demir — 3×3 single 11.98: into the top 13.8% of the event's history.
  • Erdi Altınyay — 4×4 single 42.17: into the top 14.7% of the event's history.
  • Ege Demir — 2×2 single 3.37: into the top 18.6% of the event's history.
  • Sadık Ertaş — 2×2 single 3.46: into the top 19.7% of the event's history.
  • Erdi Altınyay — 3×3 one-handed single 19.75: into the top 19.8% of the event's history.
  • Hasan Hüseyin Türkmen — Pyraminx single 6.27: into the top 22.0% of the event's history.
  • Erdi Altınyay — 2×2 single 3.67: into the top 22.3% of the event's history.

First-timers

Seven people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 9,275 people who made their debut in 2014. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

4 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

32 competitors · 161 results · 7 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. Can Gücüyener won it with a 13.10 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

32 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.