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İstanbul December 2024

İstanbul · 14 December 2024 · 8 events · 90 competitors · 109 personal bests

Alexey Tsvetkov won seven of the eight events (3×3, 2×2, 4×4) and the closest final was the Pyraminx, won by Alexey Tsvetkov by 0.37 seconds. 90 competitors produced 109 personal bests, 43 of which still stand today, and 19 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Hoomaan Motevalli Habibi set the Clock average national record: 6.43.

Seven wins
Alexey Tsvetkov — 3×3, 2×2, 4×4, 3×3 one-handed, Clock, Pyraminx, Skewb
0.37s
closest final — Pyraminx, Alexey Tsvetkov over Hoomaan Motevalli Habibi
109
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Alexey Tsvetkov5.526.04
2×2Alexey Tsvetkov0.961.32
4×4Alexey Tsvetkov29.1431.06
3×3 one-handedAlexey Tsvetkov9.0110.81
ClockAlexey Tsvetkov3.735.06
PyraminxAlexey Tsvetkov1.612.25
SkewbAlexey Tsvetkov2.412.97
Square-1Muhammed Volkan Güngör8.4910.29

The PB harvest

109 set · 43 still standing
  • Hoomaan Motevalli Habibi — Pyraminx single 1.79: into the top 0.82% of the event's history.
  • Can Akkaya — Pyraminx single 2.05: into the top 1.2% of the event's history.
  • Ahmet Sait Kapıcıoğlu — Pyraminx single 3.06: into the top 3.8% of the event's history.
  • Batu Ulcay — Pyraminx single 3.81: into the top 6.8% of the event's history.
  • Şadi Demir Nokay — 3×3 single 9.82: into the top 7.0% of the event's history.
  • Berk Uludağ — 2×2 single 2.40: into the top 8.0% of the event's history.
  • Kaan Çavuşoğlu — Pyraminx single 4.07: into the top 8.0% of the event's history.
  • Kaan Dörtcan — Pyraminx single 4.31: into the top 9.2% of the event's history.

First-timers

19 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 32,954 people who made their debut in 2024. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

1 regional record was set at this competition.

The field

90 competitors · 457 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. Alexey Tsvetkov won it with a 6.04 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

90 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.