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Cube Revenge İstanbul 2022

İstanbul · 13 August 2022 · 10 events · 67 competitors · 100 personal bests

Mert Sağdınç won three of the ten events (2×2, 4×4, 5×5) and the closest final was the Pyraminx, won by Alikhan Zhanybekov by 0.03 seconds. 67 competitors produced 100 personal bests, 45 of which still stand today, and 19 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Alikhan Zhanybekov set the 5×5 single national record: 1:24.81.

Three wins
Mert Sağdınç — 2×2, 4×4, 5×5
0.03s
closest final — Pyraminx, Alikhan Zhanybekov over Süleyman Nur Tütüncü
100
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Ömer Çetinkaya7.779.58
2×2Mert Sağdınç2.903.42
4×4Mert Sağdınç29.4933.38
5×5Mert Sağdınç1:06.201:13.16
3×3 blindfoldedNurullah Ertaş1:16.42
3×3 Fewest MovesRafik Eskandar37 moves
3×3 one-handedTolga Kaan Kantarcı10.2310.90
PyraminxAlikhan Zhanybekov4.235.14
SkewbEmir Yusuf Çiçekdemir4.165.28
Square-1Utku Yılmaz10.4212.57

The PB harvest

100 set · 45 still standing

First-timers

19 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 26,245 people who made their debut in 2022. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

8 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

67 competitors · 435 results · 10 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. Ömer Çetinkaya won it with a 9.58 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

67 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.