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İzmir May 2025

İzmir · 24 May 2025 · 6 events · 51 competitors · 36 personal bests

Ahmet Çınar Ablak won six of the six events (3×3, 2×2, 3×3 one-handed) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Ahmet Çınar Ablak by 0.82 seconds. 51 competitors produced 36 personal bests, 25 of which still stand today, and 24 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Ediz İnal took a 2×2 single of 13.23 down to 4.92, 63 percent better in one day.

Six wins
Ahmet Çınar Ablak — 3×3, 2×2, 3×3 one-handed, Clock, Pyraminx, Skewb
0.82s
closest final — 2×2, Ahmet Çınar Ablak over Nehir Aksın
36
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Ahmet Çınar Ablak6.167.74
2×2Ahmet Çınar Ablak1.412.00
3×3 one-handedAhmet Çınar Ablak11.3513.17
ClockAhmet Çınar Ablak8.309.83
PyraminxAhmet Çınar Ablak2.313.57
SkewbAhmet Çınar Ablak3.664.56

The PB harvest

36 set · 25 still standing
  • Ela Akar — 3×3 single 7.49: into the top 2.0% of the event's history.
  • Batu Zengel — 2×2 single 2.06: into the top 5.2% of the event's history.
  • Nehir Aksın — 2×2 single 2.17: into the top 6.0% of the event's history.
  • Aysu Aydoğdu — 3×3 single 10.20: into the top 8.0% of the event's history.
  • Nehir Aksın — 3×3 single 10.56: into the top 9.1% of the event's history.
  • Ege Gündoğdu — 2×2 single 2.78: into the top 11.8% of the event's history.
  • Can Yunus Aksın — 3×3 single 12.79: into the top 16.7% of the event's history.
  • Doruk Kuyucuoğlu — 2×2 single 3.94: into the top 25.7% of the event's history.

First-timers

24 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

51 competitors · 256 results · 6 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. Ahmet Çınar Ablak won it with a 7.74 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

51 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.