Competitions · Turkey

İstanbul Mid Summer 2025

İstanbul · 5 July 2025 · 10 events · 61 competitors · 97 personal bests

Anatolii Turenko won four of the ten events (4×4, 5×5, Clock) and the closest final was the Skewb, won by Can Uzun by 0.26 seconds. 61 competitors produced 97 personal bests, 45 of which still stand today, and twelve people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Can Uzun set the Clock single national record: 4.81.

Four wins

Anatolii Turenko — 4×4, 5×5, Clock, Megaminx

0.26s

closest final — Skewb, Can Uzun over Samir Homsi

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Ahmet İhsan Özkan	6.79	7.30
2×2	Hoomaan Motevalli Habibi	2.02	2.60
4×4	Anatolii Turenko	26.17	31.35
5×5	Anatolii Turenko	52.62	1:00.80
3×3 one-handed	Ahmet İhsan Özkan	11.76	13.18
Clock	Anatolii Turenko	2.72	4.13
Megaminx	Anatolii Turenko	44.27	49.15
Pyraminx	Hoomaan Motevalli Habibi	2.64	3.29
Skewb	Can Uzun	2.50	3.70
Square-1	Muhammed Volkan Güngör	8.50	9.72

The PB harvest

97 set · 45 still standing

Mert Sağdınç — 4×4 single 24.43: into the top 0.57% of the event's history.
Muhammed Volkan Güngör — 3×3 one-handed single 11.09: into the top 1.9% of the event's history.
Alper Şakım — 3×3 single 8.22: into the top 3.2% of the event's history.
Samir Homsi — 5×5 single 58.41: into the top 4.7% of the event's history.
Ahmet Nadir Yücekaya — 2×2 single 2.26: into the top 6.7% of the event's history.
Asaf Selim Horuz — 5×5 single 1:05.27: into the top 8.6% of the event's history.
Asaf Selim Horuz — 4×4 single 37.84: into the top 9.6% of the event's history.
Buğra Tosun — 3×3 one-handed single 16.14: into the top 10.5% of the event's history.

First-timers

Twelve 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

61 competitors · 400 results · 10 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 7.30 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

61 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.