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Edukent Weekend 2023

İstanbul · 22 July 2023 · 10 events · 58 competitors · 74 personal bests

Andrey Che won five of the ten events (2×2, 4×4, 5×5) and the closest final was the Skewb, won by Sarp Abaç by 0.03 seconds. 58 competitors produced 74 personal bests, 34 of which still stand today, and 15 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Alikhan Zhanybekov set the Square-1 single national record: 9.83.

Five wins
Andrey Che — 2×2, 4×4, 5×5, 3×3 one-handed, Clock
0.03s
closest final — Skewb, Sarp Abaç over Andrey Che
74
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Ianis Costin Chele6.317.29
2×2Andrey Che1.241.62
4×4Andrey Che24.7728.90
5×5Andrey Che47.6253.68
3×3 one-handedAndrey Che9.3410.67
ClockAndrey Che6.237.02
MegaminxIanis Costin Chele39.7741.91
PyraminxIanis Costin Chele1.842.16
SkewbSarp Abaç5.076.38
Square-1Ianis Costin Chele9.2411.18

The PB harvest

74 set · 34 still standing

First-timers

15 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

7 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

58 competitors · 340 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. Ianis Costin Chele won it with a 7.29 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

58 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.