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Frozen Cubes İstanbul 2022

İstanbul · 10 December 2022 · 9 events · 52 competitors · 56 personal bests

Tolga Kaan Kantarcı won two of the nine events (3×3, 3×3 one-handed) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Tolga Kaan Kantarcı by 0.29 seconds. 52 competitors produced 56 personal bests, 18 of which still stand today, and twelve people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Alikhan Zhanybekov set the 5×5 single national record: 1:02.03.

Two wins
Tolga Kaan Kantarcı — 3×3, 3×3 one-handed
0.29s
closest final — 3×3, Tolga Kaan Kantarcı over Byron Jin
56
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Tolga Kaan Kantarcı7.238.82
2×2Mehmet Efe Günay2.313.43
4×4Mert Sağdınç30.1232.23
5×5Alikhan Zhanybekov1:02.031:08.00
3×3 one-handedTolga Kaan Kantarcı9.6810.13
ClockSarp Abaç6.809.16
PyraminxAlikhan Zhanybekov5.416.82
SkewbTimur Kaya5.596.70
Square-1Muhammed Volkan Güngör10.9314.77

The PB harvest

56 set · 18 still standing
  • Tolga Kaan Kantarcı — 3×3 one-handed single 9.14: into the top 0.57% of the event's history.
  • Timur Kaya — 3×3 single 11.03: into the top 10.6% of the event's history.
  • Can Arel Sağır — Pyraminx single 5.32: into the top 15.2% of the event's history.
  • Fedor Kazanov — 3×3 single 12.44: into the top 15.4% of the event's history.
  • Yalçın Demir Belirgen — 2×2 single 3.27: into the top 17.4% of the event's history.
  • Metehan Homriş — Pyraminx single 5.88: into the top 19.1% of the event's history.
  • Fedor Kazanov — 3×3 one-handed single 20.48: into the top 21.8% of the event's history.
  • Hazim Önder Kaymaz — Pyraminx single 6.62: into the top 24.8% of the event's history.

First-timers

Twelve 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

4 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

52 competitors · 293 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. Tolga Kaan Kantarcı won it with a 8.82 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

52 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.