Competitions · Turkey

İstanbul April 2025

İstanbul · 12 April 2025 · 8 events · 89 competitors · 82 personal bests

Hoomaan Motevalli Habibi won five of the eight events (3×3, 2×2, 3×3 one-handed) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Hoomaan Motevalli Habibi by 0.64 seconds. 89 competitors produced 82 personal bests, 38 of which still stand today, and 38 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Doruk Berke İnce took a 2×2 single of 16.26 down to 5.45, 66 percent better in one day.

Five wins

Hoomaan Motevalli Habibi — 3×3, 2×2, 3×3 one-handed, Clock, Pyraminx

0.64s

closest final — 2×2, Hoomaan Motevalli Habibi over Ahmet Berkalp Tarakçı

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Hoomaan Motevalli Habibi	7.38	8.58
2×2	Hoomaan Motevalli Habibi	1.97	2.93
4×4	Mert Sağdınç	28.59	32.60
3×3 one-handed	Hoomaan Motevalli Habibi	13.03	16.32
Clock	Hoomaan Motevalli Habibi	6.43	7.23
Pyraminx	Hoomaan Motevalli Habibi	2.82	3.91
Skewb	Ömer Çavuş	3.44	4.19
Square-1	Timur Demirci	24.48	31.10

The PB harvest

82 set · 38 still standing

Ahmet Sait Kapıcıoğlu — 2×2 single 2.07: into the top 5.2% of the event's history.
Batu Ulcay — Skewb single 3.79: into the top 9.5% of the event's history.
Bora Kazal — 3×3 single 10.95: into the top 10.3% of the event's history.
Ozan Doruk Dorsay — 3×3 single 12.01: into the top 13.9% of the event's history.
Ozan Karabacak — 2×2 single 3.75: into the top 23.3% of the event's history.
Kamer Cem Aytepeli — 3×3 one-handed single 21.57: into the top 24.8% of the event's history.
Ömer Salih Öztürk — 3×3 single 15.30: into the top 25.4% of the event's history.
Ömer Salih Öztürk — 2×2 single 3.98: into the top 26.2% of the event's history.

First-timers

38 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 28,483 people who made their debut in 2025. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

No national, continental or world records were set at this competition. That is true of most competitions.

The field

89 competitors · 436 results · 8 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. Hoomaan Motevalli Habibi won it with a 8.58 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

89 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.