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İzmir October 2025

İzmir · 25 October 2025 · 6 events · 34 competitors · 44 personal bests

Aysu Aydoğdu won four of the six events (3×3, 2×2, 4×4) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Aysu Aydoğdu by 0.03 seconds. 34 competitors produced 44 personal bests, 42 of which still stand today, and eleven people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Çağdaş Akın Uçar took a 3×3 single of 51.18 down to 20.07, 61 percent better in one day.

Four wins
Aysu Aydoğdu — 3×3, 2×2, 4×4, Pyraminx
0.03s
closest final — 2×2, Aysu Aydoğdu over Luka Mikail Topuzoğlu
44
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Aysu Aydoğdu10.4611.72
2×2Aysu Aydoğdu3.844.78
4×4Aysu Aydoğdu45.2053.55
3×3 one-handedİskender Aznavur17.6220.38
PyraminxAysu Aydoğdu3.975.66
SkewbMustafa Kemal Akar7.868.87

The PB harvest

44 set · 42 still standing
  • Batu Zengel — 3×3 single 9.29: into the top 5.6% of the event's history.
  • Aysu Aydoğdu — Pyraminx single 3.97: into the top 7.5% of the event's history.
  • Erkan Kırkan — 3×3 single 11.91: into the top 13.6% of the event's history.
  • Mustafa Kemal Akar — Pyraminx single 5.48: into the top 16.3% of the event's history.
  • Mustafa Kemal Akar — 3×3 single 12.73: into the top 16.5% of the event's history.
  • Başar Şen — 3×3 single 12.78: into the top 16.7% of the event's history.
  • Mustafa Kemal Akar — 2×2 single 3.30: into the top 17.8% of the event's history.
  • Mustafa Kemal Akar — Skewb single 5.26: into the top 20.2% of the event's history.

First-timers

Eleven 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

34 competitors · 195 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. Aysu Aydoğdu won it with a 11.72 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

34 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.