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İstanbul Winter 2018

İstanbul · 1 December 2018 · 10 events · 50 competitors · 78 personal bests

Sherkhan-Mukhammad Nasirov won three of the ten events (5×5, 6×6, Square-1) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Mehmet Barın Erturan by 0.00 seconds. 50 competitors produced 78 personal bests, 30 of which still stand today, and 19 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Can Gücüyener set the 6×6 single national record: 2:37.51.

Three wins
Sherkhan-Mukhammad Nasirov — 5×5, 6×6, Square-1
0.00s
closest final — 3×3, Mehmet Barın Erturan over Ahmet Berkalp Tarakçı
78
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Mehmet Barın Erturan8.3910.72
2×2Acar Gök1.621.91
4×4Can Gücüyener41.6643.51
5×5Sherkhan-Mukhammad Nasirov1:09.991:13.18
6×6Sherkhan-Mukhammad Nasirov2:21.192:24.41
3×3 one-handedTolga Kaan Kantarcı11.8313.45
MegaminxCan Gücüyener1:14.051:18.45
PyraminxDavid Oh3.065.20
SkewbEmir Yusuf Çiçekdemir3.706.29
Square-1Sherkhan-Mukhammad Nasirov20.3026.26

The PB harvest

78 set · 30 still standing
  • David Oh — Pyraminx single 3.06: into the top 3.8% of the event's history.
  • Ateş Birinci — Pyraminx single 3.51: into the top 5.5% of the event's history.
  • Can Sütütemiz — 3×3 single 10.58: into the top 9.2% of the event's history.
  • Ali Kemal Özbek — 3×3 one-handed single 15.87: into the top 9.9% of the event's history.
  • Acar Gök — Skewb single 4.52: into the top 14.6% of the event's history.
  • Ali İhsan Göçmez — 2×2 single 3.11: into the top 15.5% of the event's history.
  • Ali İhsan Göçmez — 3×3 single 12.57: into the top 15.9% of the event's history.
  • Can Sütütemiz — Skewb single 4.95: into the top 17.7% of the event's history.

First-timers

19 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 26,076 people who made their debut in 2018. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

12 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

50 competitors · 291 results · 10 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. Mehmet Barın Erturan won it with a 10.72 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

50 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.