Competitions · Turkey
İzmir Open 2018
İzmir · 2 February 2018 · 9 events · 64 competitors · 78 personal bests
Mert Sağdınç won two of the nine events (4×4, 3×3 one-handed) and the closest final was the Pyraminx, won by Ataberk Şencan by 0.14 seconds. 64 competitors produced 78 personal bests, 14 of which still stand today, and 36 people held a competitor card for the first time.
Winners & podiums
| Event | Winner | Single | Average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | Ahmet Güzel | 8.03 | 9.95 |
| 2×2 | Doğaç Eldenk | 2.71 | 3.38 |
| 4×4 | Mert Sağdınç | 40.34 | 42.61 |
| 5×5 | Sherkhan-Mukhammad Nasirov | 1:16.96 | 1:19.72 |
| 3×3 blindfolded | Mehmet Barın Erturan | 4:25.65 | — |
| 3×3 one-handed | Mert Sağdınç | 16.56 | 19.21 |
| Pyraminx | Ataberk Şencan | 5.81 | 6.75 |
| Skewb | Melih Kayra Kadıoğlu | 2.70 | 5.97 |
| Square-1 | Burak Erdil Biçer | 10.14 | 12.51 |
The PB harvest
78 set · 14 still standing- Eyüp Erbeyin — 2×2 single 2.65: into the top 10.4% of the event's history.
- David Oh — 2×2 single 2.67: into the top 10.6% of the event's history.
- Doğaç Eldenk — 2×2 single 2.71: into the top 11.0% of the event's history.
- Ataberk Şencan — 3×3 one-handed single 19.04: into the top 17.9% of the event's history.
- Hüseyin Ersoy — 2×2 single 4.12: into the top 28.0% of the event's history.
- Hüseyin Ersoy — 4×4 single 55.66: into the top 31.5% of the event's history.
- Mehmet Eren Aydın — 3×3 single 19.28: into the top 37.9% of the event's history.
- Mehmet Barın Erturan — Pyraminx single 8.67: into the top 42.0% of the event's history.
First-timers
36 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
14 regional records were set at this competition.
The field
64 competitors · 416 results · 9 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 Güzel won it with a 9.95 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.
- 1
U2 L2 D2 R2 F L2 F2 R2 B R2 D' R2 D2 B' R D L U2 R2 U' - 2
D' F' L2 F2 B U2 B' U' F' D2 B2 D2 R2 U2 R2 L' U2 L' B2 - 3
R2 F U2 R D F2 R2 B' D' R' U2 R2 L' D2 F2 R' U2 F2 R' D2 - 4
B2 U' F2 L2 B2 L2 U R2 B2 D2 U' R D2 B U B' D2 L2 B' L - 5
L2 U2 F' L2 F' R2 U2 F2 U R' U' B2 D2 B2 D2 F D R' D'
solve 1
solve 2
solve 3
solve 4
solve 5
Race this final
Everyone who competed
64 competitors- Acar Gök
- Adal Aydin Son
- Ahmet Berkalp Tarakçı
- Ahmet Güzel
- Ahmet Yunus Gırcın
- Alara Bürçe
- Ali Çağan Kaya
- Ali Rıza Kulaksız
- Arda Gürcan
- Arinna Bürçe
- Ata Onur Uysal
- Ataberk Şencan
- Batu Zengel
- Bedran Kandilli
- Berat Koç
- Berk Özkütük
- Berk Rende
- Bora Aksakal
- Bora Erduran
- Burak Erdil Biçer
- Can Ersoy
- Can Gücüyener
- Can Sütütemiz
- Cemal Atakan Bostancı
- David Oh
- Doğaç Eldenk
- Efe Özmal
- Efe Uyaver
- Efekan Bakış
- Ege Çelikçi
- Ege Demir
- Emre Özen
- Emre Tuğsuz
- Eray Köseler
- Erden Arıkan
- Eren Şennur
- Eyüp Erbeyin
- Finnegan Zenk
- Furkan Ersoy
- Hakan Önal
- Hüseyin Ersoy
- İlim Deniz Toprak
- İskender Aznavur
- Josiah Thoutenhoofd
- Kalim Fazalurrohman
- Mehmet Barın Erturan
- Mehmet Can Vurucu
- Mehmet Eren Aydın
- Melih Kayra Kadıoğlu
- Mert Sağdınç
- Mete İsbir
- Özgün Çağrı Etiz
- Rifqi Muhammad Ramadhan
- Samir Homsi
- Selim Sarsılmaz
- Sherkhan-Mukhammad Nasirov
- Şükrü Çelenkli
- Taha Helvacıoğlu
- Talip Ozan Ölmez
- Teoman Çavuş
- Toros Veske
- Utku Bayhan
- Yusuf Bilgiç
- Yusuf Tarık Yıldız
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.