Competitions · Turkey

İstanbul April 2026

İstanbul · 25 April 2026 · 7 events · 148 competitors · 109 personal bests

Ahmet Çınar Ablak won four of the seven events (3×3, 2×2, 4×4) and the closest final was the Pyraminx, won by Ahmet Çınar Ablak by 0.13 seconds. 148 competitors produced 109 personal bests, 95 of which still stand today, and 80 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Muhammed Eren Yalçın took a Skewb single of 7.40 down to 3.07, 59 percent better in one day.

Four wins

Ahmet Çınar Ablak — 3×3, 2×2, 4×4, Pyraminx

0.13s

closest final — Pyraminx, Ahmet Çınar Ablak over Hoomaan Motevalli Habibi

109

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Ahmet Çınar Ablak	5.80	7.45
2×2	Ahmet Çınar Ablak	1.66	2.41
4×4	Ahmet Çınar Ablak	29.12	30.12
3×3 one-handed	Ahmet İhsan Özkan	12.20	13.08
Clock	Hoomaan Motevalli Habibi	6.08	6.78
Pyraminx	Ahmet Çınar Ablak	2.46	2.68
Skewb	Ömer Çavuş	2.38	3.88

The PB harvest

109 set · 95 still standing

Hoomaan Motevalli Habibi — Skewb single 2.13: into the top 1.7% of the event's history.
Nisan Yalduz — Skewb single 2.27: into the top 2.1% of the event's history.
Emir Yusuf Çiçekdemir — Skewb single 2.49: into the top 2.8% of the event's history.
Emir Yusuf Çiçekdemir — 3×3 single 8.19: into the top 3.1% of the event's history.
Barış Kaya — Skewb single 2.91: into the top 4.6% of the event's history.
Ayberk Balkan — Skewb single 2.92: into the top 4.6% of the event's history.
Muhammed Eren Yalçın — Skewb single 3.07: into the top 5.3% of the event's history.
Ahmet Eymen Delikgöz — 3×3 single 9.63: into the top 6.4% of the event's history.

First-timers

80 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 18,546 people who made their debut in 2026. 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

148 competitors · 754 results · 7 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 7.45 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

148 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.