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İstanbul · 11 January 2025 · 7 events · 59 competitors · 48 personal bests
Niko Ronkainen won three of the seven events (2×2, 3×3 one-handed, Skewb) and the closest final was the Pyraminx, won by Nisan Yalduz by 0.16 seconds. 59 competitors produced 48 personal bests, 26 of which still stand today, and 15 people held a competitor card for the first time.
The moment
The day's biggest improvement
Ali Emir Topbaş took a 2×2 single of 13.99 down to 5.27, 62 percent better in one day.
Winners & podiums
| Event | Winner | Single | Average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | Alper Şakım | 8.59 | 9.63 |
| 2×2 | Niko Ronkainen | 1.94 | 2.52 |
| 4×4 | Mohammed Al Said | 33.96 | 36.02 |
| 3×3 one-handed | Niko Ronkainen | 15.59 | 19.11 |
| Pyraminx | Nisan Yalduz | 4.56 | 5.48 |
| Skewb | Niko Ronkainen | 3.30 | 4.23 |
| Square-1 | Alper Şakım | 14.57 | 20.54 |
The PB harvest
48 set · 26 still standing- Abdulmohsen Almunayes — 2×2 single 2.04: into the top 5.0% of the event's history.
- Bora Kazal — 2×2 single 2.06: into the top 5.2% of the event's history.
- Can Akkaya — 2×2 single 2.19: into the top 6.1% of the event's history.
- Arda Kaman — 3×3 single 9.74: into the top 6.7% of the event's history.
- Mohammed Al Said — 2×2 single 2.57: into the top 9.6% of the event's history.
- Deniz Uçan — 2×2 single 2.64: into the top 10.3% of the event's history.
- Alper Şakım — Skewb single 5.54: into the top 22.3% of the event's history.
- Deniz Uçan — 3×3 single 15.56: into the top 26.3% of the event's history.
First-timers
15 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
59 competitors · 245 results · 7 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. Alper Şakım won it with a 9.63 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.
- 1
L2 D2 L2 F' U2 L2 F' R2 D2 F R D U2 B' D' F' U' R' B D - 2
B' D2 B U2 F2 D2 F U F2 L2 U L' D L' D' B' D2 F' - 3
B L B' L B2 L D2 R B2 L U2 R' B' U' R D B2 F2 R F2 - 4
R2 U R' U2 D R' F2 L B2 U2 F2 U' L2 U2 F2 D' B' D' L - 5
F' D B' U2 F2 U2 L D2 B2 U2 L2 B' L2 B2 D' U L' U2
solve 1
solve 2
solve 3
solve 4
solve 5
Race this final
Everyone who competed
59 competitors- Abdulmohsen Almunayes
- Adam Massah
- Ahmet Doruk Turan
- Ali Emir Topbaş
- Alican Kandemir
- Alper Şakım
- Arda Kaman
- Ayaz Altun
- Aybars Kaan Giray
- Batuhan Eralp
- Berk Delen
- Bora Kazal
- Can Akkaya
- Davud Özbalaban
- Deniz Uçan
- Deniz Yıldırım
- Emin Duyar
- Emir Mete Doğan
- Emir Yusuf Çiçekdemir
- Emirhan Duymaz
- Emre Yılmaz
- Eymen Uzuner
- Güney Durmuş
- Hamza Hacıbekiroğlu
- Hüseyin Rüzgar Sağlam
- İskender Aznavur
- Jaad Massah
- Kaan Dörtcan
- Kayra Atlas Küçükdeveci
- Kerem Aydın
- Matteo Arda Demirci
- Mehmet Kerem Paket
- Melih Burak Yağar
- Mete Sağlam
- Mete Sığırcı
- Mohammed Al Said
- Muhammed Eren Yalçın
- Muhammed Yiğit Yücel
- Muharrem Doruk Keskin
- Murathan Balcı
- Mustafa Çamlıca
- Mustafa Demir Boğa
- Niko Ronkainen
- Nisan Yalduz
- Oğuz Sığırcı
- Ömer Çetinkaya
- Osman Duyar
- Ozan Dörtcan
- Poyraz Aden Ataacar
- Sertaç Ali Sarp Sennaz
- Taylan Karakurt
- Tezcan Atlas Bakioğlu
- Timur Demirci
- Toprak Berva Yıldırım
- Tuğra Burgazoğlu
- Tuna Özsoy
- Xavier Allen Garner
- Yiğit Emin Kolan
- Yusuf Akkaya
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.