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Competitions · Turkey

İstanbul Spring 2019

İstanbul · 24 March 2019 · 6 events · 53 competitors · 66 personal bests

Sherkhan-Mukhammad Nasirov won the 3×3 with a 9.70 and the closest final was the Pyraminx, won by Can Ersoy by 0.06 seconds. 53 competitors produced 66 personal bests, 27 of which still stand today, and 18 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Tolga Kaan Kantarcı set the 3×3 one-handed single national record: 11.24.

6
events decided
0.06s
closest final — Pyraminx, Can Ersoy over Emir Yusuf Çiçekdemir
66
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Sherkhan-Mukhammad Nasirov8.279.70
2×2Acar Gök1.341.87
4×4Ömer Çetinkaya37.9039.86
3×3 one-handedTolga Kaan Kantarcı11.3413.08
PyraminxCan Ersoy3.455.84
SkewbEmir Yusuf Çiçekdemir4.676.07

The PB harvest

66 set · 27 still standing

First-timers

18 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 27,871 people who made their debut in 2019. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

3 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

53 competitors · 260 results · 6 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. Sherkhan-Mukhammad Nasirov 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. 1U' L2 D B2 D2 F2 U F2 R' D B2 U2 F D' R' F2 R B2 D2
  2. 2D2 R B2 D2 B2 L2 B2 R D2 R' U' F2 D' U' B2 F L D2 B
  3. 3R' U2 L' D2 B2 R2 U2 R F2 L2 R' B L D' R' F' L2 U R' B2 D2
  4. 4B2 R2 U2 R D' R U' L F2 B' U R2 D' B2 D' R2 U' R2 F2 D2
  5. 5R2 D L2 U B2 F2 L2 F2 D B' L' D2 B' L U F2 U2 R' F' U'

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

53 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.