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İstanbul Summer 2019

İstanbul · 3 August 2019 · 11 events · 42 competitors · 78 personal bests

Samir Homsi won three of the eleven events (2×2, 3×3 one-handed, Skewb) and the closest final was the Pyraminx, won by Bogdan Dovbysh by 0.16 seconds. 42 competitors produced 78 personal bests, 15 of which still stand today, and nine people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Jaloliddin Rasulov set the 3×3 single national record: 10.34.

Three wins
Samir Homsi — 2×2, 3×3 one-handed, Skewb
0.16s
closest final — Pyraminx, Bogdan Dovbysh over Samir Homsi
78
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Ali Atashi (علی آتشی)8.469.36
2×2Samir Homsi2.063.27
4×4Ali Atashi (علی آتشی)31.5633.06
5×5Sherkhan-Mukhammad Nasirov1:03.731:08.82
3×3 blindfoldedByegarys Jandaulyet1:14.05
3×3 Fewest MovesMutlu Özçelebi33 moves
3×3 one-handedSamir Homsi14.1417.51
MegaminxCan Gücüyener55.681:03.20
PyraminxBogdan Dovbysh3.383.98
SkewbSamir Homsi3.144.11
Square-1Sergey Chirin10.7211.17

The PB harvest

78 set · 15 still standing
  • Ali Rıza Kulaksız — Pyraminx single 2.25: into the top 1.6% of the event's history.
  • Can Gücüyener — 3×3 one-handed single 13.77: into the top 5.7% of the event's history.
  • Can Ersoy — Skewb single 3.57: into the top 8.2% of the event's history.
  • Alp Terliksiz — Pyraminx single 4.87: into the top 12.4% of the event's history.
  • Alen Ayvazoğlu — 3×3 single 14.17: into the top 21.6% of the event's history.
  • Selami Çarpaner — 3×3 single 15.86: into the top 27.3% of the event's history.
  • Bogdan Dovbysh — 5×5 single 1:32.66: into the top 29.5% of the event's history.
  • Bogdan Dovbysh — 3×3 Fewest Moves single 35 moves: into the top 30.0% of the event's history.

First-timers

Nine 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

13 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

42 competitors · 318 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. Ali Atashi (علی آتشی) won it with a 9.36 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

42 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.