Competitions · Turkey
İstanbul January 2025
İstanbul · 18 January 2025 · 8 events · 58 competitors · 42 personal bests
Ahmet İhsan Özkan won two of the eight events (3×3, 3×3 one-handed) and the closest final was the Skewb, won by Timur Demirci by 0.11 seconds. 58 competitors produced 42 personal bests, 16 of which still stand today, and 21 people held a competitor card for the first time.
Winners & podiums
| Event | Winner | Single | Average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | Ahmet İhsan Özkan | 7.58 | 8.77 |
| 2×2 | Kerem Gelir | 2.84 | 3.62 |
| 4×4 | Mert Sağdınç | 30.24 | 31.34 |
| 3×3 one-handed | Ahmet İhsan Özkan | 14.44 | 15.17 |
| Clock | Asiya Islam | 6.52 | 8.97 |
| Pyraminx | Emir Yusuf Çiçekdemir | 4.31 | 4.78 |
| Skewb | Timur Demirci | 3.94 | 5.16 |
| Square-1 | Yuyang Zhen (甄禹扬) | 19.22 | 22.44 |
The PB harvest
42 set · 16 still standing- Mohammed Al Said — 4×4 single 29.88: into the top 2.8% of the event's history.
- Timur Demirci — Pyraminx single 4.13: into the top 8.3% of the event's history.
- Poyraz Tokmak — 3×3 single 10.32: into the top 8.4% of the event's history.
- Asiya Islam — Clock single 6.52: into the top 9.2% of the event's history.
- Ahmet Berkalp Tarakçı — Pyraminx single 4.56: into the top 10.6% of the event's history.
- Ahmet Eymen Büyükkeskin — Pyraminx single 6.89: into the top 27.0% of the event's history.
- Asiya Islam — 2×2 single 4.24: into the top 29.6% of the event's history.
- Asiya Islam — Pyraminx single 7.64: into the top 33.2% of the event's history.
First-timers
21 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
1 regional record was set at this competition.
The field
58 competitors · 281 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. Ahmet İhsan Özkan won it with a 8.77 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.
- 1
L2 F' L' B R U' D' B R2 B' L F2 U D' B2 U F2 - 2
B' U' L2 B' L2 F L' D' B D2 L2 D2 F' R2 F' U2 B R' B2 - 3
D' L2 U2 R F2 U2 L U2 B2 D' B' U F R B' U' L' U2 F - 4
D' F' D' R F' L B L F2 R' D2 L' U2 F2 L U2 F2 U2 - 5
D' L2 R2 D2 L2 U R2 F2 B' R' F' U' L' D L2 D2 R' D2 L'
solve 1
solve 2
solve 3
solve 4
solve 5
Race this final
Everyone who competed
58 competitors- Adam Massah
- Ahmet Berkalp Tarakçı
- Ahmet Çınar Akşit
- Ahmet Eymen Büyükkeskin
- Ahmet İhsan Özkan
- Ahmet Sait Kapıcıoğlu
- Arda Ayas
- Arda Okbay
- Aren Seyahi
- Asiya Islam
- Batuhan Eralp
- Çağan Avşar
- Cemil Kaan Günay
- Cemre Ertürk
- Çınar Gökmen
- Efe Hasan Şentürk
- Efe Öztürk
- Emir Yusuf Çiçekdemir
- Emiralp Ocak
- Emre Unkan
- Eray Aram İlter
- Erdem Demir
- Güney Durmuş
- Güney Gündoğdu
- Hidayet Raşed
- İbrahim Yıldız
- Igor Kaigalov
- İskender Aznavur
- Jaad Massah
- Kerem Gelir
- Kerem Koçak
- Kuzey Yilmaz
- Mert Eren Acar
- Mert Sağdınç
- Mohammed Al Said
- Muhammed Eren Yalçın
- Muhammed Yiğit Yücel
- Mustafa Çamlıca
- Ömer Çavuş
- Ömer Çetinkaya
- Ömer Said Atalay
- Ozan Doruk Dorsay
- Poyraz Tokmak
- Rüzgar Küçüktaş
- Sarp İlmen
- Sema Ertürk
- Talha Yusuf Sertkaya
- Timur Demirci
- Tolga Şahin
- Toprak Berva Yıldırım
- Yavuz Ata Mutlu
- Yiğit Emin Kolan
- Yiğit Yıldırım
- Yusuf Emir Aslan
- Yusuf Halim Doğan
- Yusuf İpekçi
- Yusuf Serhat Kahraman
- Yuyang Zhen (甄禹扬)
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.