Competitions · Turkey

İstanbul Fall 2022

İstanbul · 10 September 2022 · 9 events · 62 competitors · 73 personal bests

Tolga Kaan Kantarcı won two of the nine events (3×3, 3×3 one-handed) and the closest final was the Clock, won by Rafik Eskandar by 0.32 seconds. 62 competitors produced 73 personal bests, 22 of which still stand today, and 23 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Adam Massah set the 3×3 single national record: 8.71.

Two wins

Tolga Kaan Kantarcı — 3×3, 3×3 one-handed

0.32s

closest final — Clock, Rafik Eskandar over Utku Yılmaz

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Tolga Kaan Kantarcı	8.07	8.91
2×2	Alikhan Zhanybekov	2.48	2.75
4×4	Mert Sağdınç	34.22	34.87
5×5	Mert Sağdınç	1:04.28	1:09.48
3×3 blindfolded	Ömer Çetinkaya	6:05.33	—
3×3 one-handed	Tolga Kaan Kantarcı	10.44	11.80
Clock	Rafik Eskandar	8.31	11.30
Pyraminx	Alikhan Zhanybekov	4.17	4.66
Square-1	Utku Yılmaz	11.14	12.21

The PB harvest

73 set · 22 still standing

Adam Massah — 3×3 single 8.71: into the top 4.2% of the event's history.
Bedirhan Alagöz — 3×3 single 11.56: into the top 12.4% of the event's history.
Kerem Yıldız — 2×2 single 2.87: into the top 12.8% of the event's history.
Bedirhan Alagöz — 2×2 single 2.90: into the top 13.1% of the event's history.
Muhammed Efe Aydın — 3×3 single 12.70: into the top 16.4% of the event's history.
Bedirhan Alagöz — Pyraminx single 5.82: into the top 18.7% of the event's history.
Ege Yalçın — 3×3 single 14.27: into the top 21.9% of the event's history.
Alexandra Kudryashova (Александра Кудряшова) — Square-1 single 17.68: into the top 22.6% of the event's history.

First-timers

23 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

15 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

62 competitors · 361 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 8.91 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

62 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.