Competitions · Turkey

İstanbul May 2025

İstanbul · 31 May 2025 · 8 events · 80 competitors · 90 personal bests

Alper Şakım won two of the eight events (3×3 one-handed, Clock) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Ömer Eken by 0.02 seconds. 80 competitors produced 90 personal bests, 44 of which still stand today, and 30 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Muhammed Volkan Güngör set the Square-1 average national record: 9.17.

Two wins

Alper Şakım — 3×3 one-handed, Clock

0.02s

closest final — 2×2, Ömer Eken over Timur Demirci

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Ömer Çetinkaya	8.40	9.59
2×2	Ömer Eken	3.86	4.55
4×4	Mert Sağdınç	28.97	34.33
3×3 one-handed	Alper Şakım	16.31	17.93
Clock	Alper Şakım	6.78	7.63
Pyraminx	Willem Klose	2.53	3.57
Skewb	Timur Demirci	3.58	4.32
Square-1	Muhammed Volkan Güngör	7.07	9.17

The PB harvest

90 set · 44 still standing

İskender Aznavur — 3×3 one-handed single 10.55: into the top 1.5% of the event's history.
Muhammed Volkan Güngör — Square-1 single 7.07: into the top 1.9% of the event's history.
Ömer Eken — 3×3 one-handed single 15.73: into the top 9.6% of the event's history.
Alper Şakım — Pyraminx single 4.40: into the top 9.7% of the event's history.
Saleh Zinalabdin — 2×2 single 2.93: into the top 13.4% of the event's history.
Ozan Karabacak — 3×3 single 12.37: into the top 15.2% of the event's history.
Demir Cengiz — 2×2 single 3.15: into the top 16.0% of the event's history.
Ali Derin Duran — 2×2 single 3.19: into the top 16.5% of the event's history.

First-timers

30 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

80 competitors · 383 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. Ömer Çetinkaya won it with a 9.59 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

80 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.