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İstanbul Spring 2022

İstanbul · 28 May 2022 · 11 events · 70 competitors · 93 personal bests

Mert Sağdınç won four of the eleven events (4×4, 5×5, 6×6) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Deniz Han Bilyay by 0.12 seconds. 70 competitors produced 93 personal bests, 22 of which still stand today, and 30 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Alikhan Zhanybekov set the 3×3 single national record: 7.17.

Four wins
Mert Sağdınç — 4×4, 5×5, 6×6, 7×7
0.12s
closest final — 2×2, Deniz Han Bilyay over Vako Marchilashvili (ვაკო მარჩილაშვილი)
93
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Tolga Kaan Kantarcı6.848.64
2×2Deniz Han Bilyay3.063.47
4×4Mert Sağdınç28.1332.68
5×5Mert Sağdınç1:17.231:18.76
6×6Mert Sağdınç2:25.202:35.48
7×7Mert Sağdınç3:53.694:06.02
3×3 blindfoldedAhmet Faruk Acar50.48—
3×3 Fewest MovesÖmer Çetinkaya33 moves—
3×3 one-handedTolga Kaan Kantarcı10.2911.64
PyraminxAlikhan Zhanybekov5.416.48
SkewbBedirhan Alagöz2.835.67

The PB harvest

93 set · 22 still standing
  • Burak Erdil Biçer — 3×3 single 7.58: into the top 2.1% of the event's history.
  • Bedirhan Alagöz — Skewb single 2.83: into the top 4.2% of the event's history.
  • Berk Delen — 3×3 single 9.85: into the top 7.0% of the event's history.
  • Mahmud Chazli — 3×3 single 12.57: into the top 15.9% of the event's history.
  • Jihun Baek — 3×3 single 12.73: into the top 16.5% of the event's history.
  • Ümit Batu Başkırt — 2×2 single 3.23: into the top 17.0% of the event's history.
  • Jaloliddin Rasulov — 4×4 single 44.32: into the top 17.4% of the event's history.
  • Bedirhan Alagöz — 3×3 one-handed single 19.88: into the top 20.2% of the event's history.

First-timers

30 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 26,245 people who made their debut in 2022. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

13 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

70 competitors · 415 results · 11 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. Tolga Kaan Kantarcı won it with a 8.64 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

70 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.