Competitions · Turkey

İstanbul October 2025

İstanbul · 11 October 2025 · 9 events · 49 competitors · 69 personal bests

Ahmet Berkalp Tarakçı won three of the nine events (3×3, 4×4, 5×5) and the closest final was the Clock, won by Emir Alp Gül by 0.31 seconds. 49 competitors produced 69 personal bests, 37 of which still stand today, and nine people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Kaan Biçer took a 2×2 single of 6.76 down to 2.68, 60 percent better in one day.

Three wins

Ahmet Berkalp Tarakçı — 3×3, 4×4, 5×5

0.31s

closest final — Clock, Emir Alp Gül over Toprak Berva Yıldırım

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Ahmet Berkalp Tarakçı	7.35	8.43
2×2	Ahmet İhsan Özkan	2.77	3.63
4×4	Ahmet Berkalp Tarakçı	26.75	30.63
5×5	Ahmet Berkalp Tarakçı	1:01.55	1:05.58
3×3 one-handed	Ahmet İhsan Özkan	12.33	13.78
Clock	Emir Alp Gül	7.39	9.06
Pyraminx	Emir Yusuf Çiçekdemir	3.49	3.98
Skewb	Amirali Rajab Pourmoghaddam	2.96	3.67
Square-1	Amirali Rajab Pourmoghaddam	15.99	21.84

The PB harvest

69 set · 37 still standing

Ahmet Berkalp Tarakçı — 5×5 single 1:01.55: into the top 6.4% of the event's history.
Buğra Karaca — 3×3 one-handed single 15.82: into the top 9.8% of the event's history.
Kaan Biçer — 2×2 single 2.68: into the top 10.7% of the event's history.
Emir Alp Gül — Clock single 7.39: into the top 12.5% of the event's history.
Emir Alp Gül — 3×3 single 12.82: into the top 16.8% of the event's history.
Arda Şişman — 2×2 single 3.32: into the top 18.0% of the event's history.
Amirali Rajab Pourmoghaddam — Square-1 single 15.99: into the top 18.7% of the event's history.
Doğan Berk Öz — 3×3 single 13.59: into the top 19.5% of the event's history.

First-timers

Nine 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

49 competitors · 283 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. Ahmet Berkalp Tarakçı won it with a 8.43 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

49 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.