Competitions · Turkey
İstanbul February Weekend 2025
İstanbul · 22 February 2025 · 8 events · 50 competitors · 48 personal bests
Mert Sağdınç won two of the eight events (3×3, 4×4) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Mert Sağdınç by 0.17 seconds. 50 competitors produced 48 personal bests, 20 of which still stand today, and 17 people held a competitor card for the first time.
The moment
The day's biggest improvement
Yusuf İpekçi took a Pyraminx single of 11.12 down to 5.91, 47 percent better in one day.
Winners & podiums
| Event | Winner | Single | Average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | Mert Sağdınç | 8.72 | 9.70 |
| 2×2 | Ömer Çetinkaya | 2.77 | 3.79 |
| 4×4 | Mert Sağdınç | 27.22 | 33.39 |
| 3×3 one-handed | İskender Aznavur | 17.67 | 18.80 |
| Clock | Toprak Berva Yıldırım | 8.26 | 9.38 |
| Pyraminx | Nisan Yalduz | 3.10 | 5.83 |
| Skewb | Timur Demirci | 3.92 | 4.82 |
| Square-1 | Timur Demirci | 28.10 | 31.19 |
The PB harvest
48 set · 20 still standing- Nisan Yalduz — Pyraminx single 3.10: into the top 4.0% of the event's history.
- İlyas Efe Turhan — Pyraminx single 3.96: into the top 7.5% of the event's history.
- Muhammed Badıh Alvan — 3×3 single 10.35: into the top 8.5% of the event's history.
- İlyas Efe Turhan — 2×2 single 2.66: into the top 10.5% of the event's history.
- Poyraz Aden Ataacar — Pyraminx single 5.11: into the top 13.9% of the event's history.
- Timur Demirci — Clock single 8.38: into the top 17.0% of the event's history.
- Yusuf İpekçi — Pyraminx single 5.91: into the top 19.3% of the event's history.
- Ayaz Altun — Skewb single 5.63: into the top 22.9% of the event's history.
First-timers
17 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
50 competitors · 243 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. Mert Sağdınç won it with a 9.70 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.
- 1
F L' F2 U' R2 F2 U2 R2 U B D F R F2 L F L B' - 2
L D' U2 B2 U2 R2 F' R2 B2 F' L' F2 L2 B U L F R - 3
U D F L F U2 R' U2 R L2 F' D R2 B2 U2 R2 B2 R2 U - 4
F' L' B' L2 U2 B2 U2 B U2 R2 B' U B D' R' D' F' R' D - 5
F' L2 U L2 U2 R2 U' F2 D R D F' D' L2 R' D' L' R' B
solve 1
solve 2
solve 3
solve 4
solve 5
Race this final
Everyone who competed
50 competitors- Ahmet Çınar Akşit
- Ahmet Sait Kapıcıoğlu
- Ahmet Tarık Erdoğan
- Ayaz Altun
- Barış Kerem Temel
- Batuhan Eralp
- Berk Uludağ
- Bora Kazal
- Can Karabay
- Cemal Efe Akkuş
- Çınar Sidar Aykut
- Doruk Berke İnce
- Duru Özgüç
- Girayhan Emin Kurt
- Güney Durmuş
- İbrahim Yıldız
- İlyas Efe Turhan
- İrem Kılıçoğlu
- İskender Aznavur
- James Efe Şengül
- Kayra Atlas Küçükdeveci
- Kerem Aydın
- Kerem Baştürk
- Kerem Kumbaracı
- Kuzey Mert Birinci
- Kuzey Sönmez
- Masal Ada Görücü
- Melih Burak Yağar
- Mert Sağdınç
- Muhammed Ali Arde
- Muhammed Badıh Alvan
- Muhammed Batuhan Bülbül
- Mustafa Çamlıca
- Naci Yüksel
- Nisan Yalduz
- Ömer Çetinkaya
- Ömer Eken
- Ozan Doruk Dorsay
- Poyraz Aden Ataacar
- Poyraz Küçüktaş
- Rüzgar Küçüktaş
- Saleh Zinalabdin
- Talha Kılıç
- Timur Demirci
- Toprak Berva Yıldırım
- Yavuz Ata Mutlu
- Yiğit Emin Kolan
- Yusuf Emir Turcan
- Yusuf Halim Doğan
- Yusuf İpekçi
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.