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Goodbye Winter Ankara 2023

Ankara · 25 February 2023 · 11 events · 30 competitors · 40 personal bests

Ahmet Çınar Ablak won nine of the eleven events (3×3, 2×2, 4×4) and the closest final was the Clock, won by Zeki Hotoğlu by 0.04 seconds. 30 competitors produced 40 personal bests, 9 of which still stand today, and nine people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Ahmet Çınar Ablak set the Megaminx single national record: 42.39.

Nine wins
Ahmet Çınar Ablak — 3×3, 2×2, 4×4, 5×5, 6×6, 7×7, 3×3 one-handed, Megaminx, Square-1
0.04s
closest final — Clock, Zeki Hotoğlu over Ahmet Çınar Ablak
40
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Ahmet Çınar Ablak7.377.88
2×2Ahmet Çınar Ablak1.341.71
4×4Ahmet Çınar Ablak29.9931.37
5×5Ahmet Çınar Ablak54.9658.91
6×6Ahmet Çınar Ablak1:39.961:44.07
7×7Ahmet Çınar Ablak2:34.352:43.17
3×3 blindfoldedOzan Gökmen2:35.56—
3×3 one-handedAhmet Çınar Ablak12.1613.31
ClockZeki Hotoğlu8.458.92
MegaminxAhmet Çınar Ablak42.3950.04
Square-1Ahmet Çınar Ablak7.9611.00

The PB harvest

40 set · 9 still standing
  • Kuzey Yilmaz — 2×2 single 3.24: into the top 17.1% of the event's history.
  • Zeki Hotoğlu — Megaminx single 1:23.59: into the top 24.1% of the event's history.
  • Ahmet Eren Çatma — 2×2 single 4.15: into the top 28.4% of the event's history.
  • Emirhan Gökçe — Megaminx single 1:43.35: into the top 36.7% of the event's history.
  • Mahir Aras Köse — 2×2 single 6.85: into the top 59.2% of the event's history.
  • Mahir Aras Köse — 3×3 single 30.25: into the top 63.0% of the event's history.
  • Zeki Hotoğlu — 6×6 single 4:36.71: into the top 76.4% of the event's history.
  • Mehmet Saygın Özdem — 2×2 single 9.94: into the top 77.7% of the event's history.

First-timers

Nine 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

2 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

30 competitors · 177 results · 11 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 7.88 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

30 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.