Competitions · Turkey
İstanbul Spring 2023
İstanbul · 1 April 2023 · 9 events · 55 competitors · 62 personal bests
Alexey Tsvetkov won six of the nine events (3×3, 2×2, 4×4) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Alexey Tsvetkov by 0.52 seconds. 55 competitors produced 62 personal bests, 19 of which still stand today, and 18 people held a competitor card for the first time.
Winners & podiums
| Event | Winner | Single | Average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | Alexey Tsvetkov | 6.52 | 7.23 |
| 2×2 | Alexey Tsvetkov | 1.10 | 1.43 |
| 4×4 | Alexey Tsvetkov | 32.12 | 32.74 |
| 5×5 | Alikhan Zhanybekov | 1:00.79 | 1:08.21 |
| 3×3 one-handed | Tolga Kaan Kantarcı | 10.53 | 11.62 |
| Clock | Alexey Tsvetkov | 5.42 | 6.31 |
| Pyraminx | Alexey Tsvetkov | 1.63 | 2.29 |
| Skewb | Alexey Tsvetkov | 2.37 | 3.20 |
| Square-1 | Utku Yılmaz | 10.99 | 16.16 |
The PB harvest
62 set · 19 still standing- Mehmet Efe Günay — 2×2 single 1.02: into the top 0.59% of the event's history.
- Hüseyin Özbaş — 3×3 single 8.21: into the top 3.2% of the event's history.
- Toprak Berva Yıldırım — Pyraminx single 3.07: into the top 3.9% of the event's history.
- Deniz Han Bilyay — Pyraminx single 3.53: into the top 5.6% of the event's history.
- Dali Mahmoud Abdullah — Skewb single 3.89: into the top 10.1% of the event's history.
- Buğra Tosun — 2×2 single 2.69: into the top 10.8% of the event's history.
- Ahmet Yusuf Kahraman — 3×3 single 11.21: into the top 11.1% of the event's history.
- Daniyal Arstambek (Даниял Арстамбек) — 3×3 single 11.73: into the top 13.0% of the event's history.
First-timers
18 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 37,591 people who made their debut in 2023. Start here explains what a first competition is like.
Records watch
3 regional records were set at this competition.
The field
55 competitors · 266 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. Alexey Tsvetkov won it with a 7.23 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.
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D' F2 U2 F2 D2 F2 R2 D' R2 U2 F L' D' B' F2 D2 U2 L D' B2 - 2
U R' U D' L D' B' D F2 B2 D2 L2 B R2 F2 R2 D2 L2 B' L - 3
R2 F2 R U' D' F' L' B L2 B U2 B D2 R2 L2 F' R2 F2 D' L - 4
R2 U R2 F2 L2 D' F2 U2 R2 L U' F2 R F' D' U' L2 B' L' R - 5
D R F2 B' U D' F2 B U' F2 R2 L2 F' D2 B' R2 D2 F2 L
solve 1
solve 2
solve 3
solve 4
solve 5
Race this final
Everyone who competed
55 competitors- Ahmet Yusuf Kahraman
- Albraa Mohammad Abdelwahed
- Alexey Tsvetkov
- Alikhan Zhanybekov
- Amirali Rajab Pourmoghaddam
- Andrew Fedulov
- Aras Karakaş
- Archie Fedulov
- Asaf Selim Horuz
- Ata Can Ulkay
- Ayşe Eda Ümit
- Batuhan Eralp
- Berk Filiz
- Bogdan Elchin
- Buğra Tosun
- Çağan Gürsoy
- Dali Mahmoud Abdullah
- Daniyal Arstambek (Даниял Арстамбек)
- Deniz Han Bilyay
- Deniz Yıldırım
- Ediz Demir
- Ege Tür
- Enes Malik Erdogan
- Eren Alessio Marino
- Göktürk Avcıoğlu
- Hoomaan Motevalli Habibi
- Hüseyin Özbaş
- Kerem Cihan Doruk
- Matei-Alexandru Ghencea
- Mehmet Efe Günay
- Mehmet Yusuf Aydemir
- Mert Sağdınç
- Mohammad Reyad Khalid Akram Nashawati
- Muhammed Çevre
- Muhammed Salih Çatal
- Mustafa Çamlıca
- Nisan Yalduz
- Ömer Çetinkaya
- Ömer Mete Arı
- Ozan Korkmaz
- Robert Mihai Martius
- Şadi Demir Nokay
- Sarp Abaç
- Selim Büyükçolak
- Selin Gül Çavdar
- Serhat Kandemir
- Sherkhan-Mukhammad Nasirov
- Tarık Ali Taşgetiren
- Tolga Kaan Kantarcı
- Toprak Berva Yıldırım
- Tuna Bahadır
- Utku Yılmaz
- Yalım Ege Fırat
- Yiğit Kaan Çakır
- Zakariyya Asmat Lone
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.