Competitions · Turkey
İzmir Open 2022
İzmir · 9 April 2022 · 9 events · 50 competitors · 53 personal bests
Ahmet Çınar Ablak won six of the nine events (3×3, 2×2, 5×5) and the closest final was the Skewb, won by Ahmet Çınar Ablak by 0.39 seconds. 50 competitors produced 53 personal bests, 2 of which still stand today, and 24 people held a competitor card for the first time.
Winners & podiums
| Event | Winner | Single | Average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | Ahmet Çınar Ablak | 7.90 | 9.38 |
| 2×2 | Ahmet Çınar Ablak | 1.48 | 2.65 |
| 4×4 | Mert Sağdınç | 29.45 | 34.73 |
| 5×5 | Ahmet Çınar Ablak | 56.23 | 1:00.12 |
| 6×6 | Ahmet Çınar Ablak | 1:44.32 | 1:50.74 |
| 7×7 | Kerem Eroğlu | 2:52.06 | 2:55.76 |
| 3×3 one-handed | Ahmet Çınar Ablak | 12.99 | 15.17 |
| Pyraminx | Utku Bayhan | 3.86 | 4.86 |
| Skewb | Ahmet Çınar Ablak | 5.42 | 6.51 |
The PB harvest
53 set · 2 still standing- Utku Bayhan — 2×2 single 2.50: into the top 8.9% of the event's history.
- Timur Kaya — Pyraminx single 7.59: into the top 32.8% of the event's history.
First-timers
24 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 26,245 people who made their debut in 2022. Start here explains what a first competition is like.
Records watch
8 regional records were set at this competition.
The field
50 competitors · 306 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 Çınar Ablak won it with a 9.38 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.
- 1
U D2 F' R L2 D B2 L2 F D R L2 B2 L F2 B2 R' B2 U2 - 2
F' L B R2 D F2 D2 U' L2 D' B2 F2 L' F2 U' L' F2 R B R2 - 3
B2 L U2 R D2 F2 L2 U2 B2 U L' D2 U' L' B F' U2 F D' - 4
D2 F L2 R2 U2 B' L2 R2 B' F2 D2 B2 D B2 R B R' F2 U2 R2 D - 5
D' F B' D2 F' L D' F2 R2 U2 D2 F2 D2 B' U2 F' D2 B R' D2
solve 1
solve 2
solve 3
solve 4
solve 5
Race this final
Everyone who competed
50 competitors- Acar Gök
- Adnan Zafer Binici
- Ahmet Çınar Ablak
- Ahmet Yusuf Uysal
- Akın Köse
- Alikhan Zhanybekov
- Alper Deniz Kaya
- Arda Karakaya
- Arda Tuna Şahin
- Bedran Kandilli
- Berat Burak Okyar
- Demir Büyükyörük
- Deniz Han Bilyay
- Ecevit Ablak
- Ege Candan
- Ege Düzgün
- Emir Timur Sezgin
- Emir Tınay
- Emre Bayraktar
- Erkan Kırkan
- Hira Yılmaz
- Kaloyan Galabinov
- Karolina Podryadchikova (Каролина Подрядчикова)
- Kemal Mete Akkaş
- Kerem Büyükyörük
- Kerem Durak
- Kerem Eroğlu
- Kerem Kızıltuğ
- Mehmet Ali Korkusuz
- Mehmet Taylan Bora
- Mehmet Yusuf Aydemir
- Melisa Şen
- Mert Sağdınç
- Mustafa Çamlıca
- Ömer Çetinkaya
- Rafik Sarwat Naeem Ragheb
- Salih Salihoğlu
- Su Akyol
- Taha Yolalmaz
- Timur Demirci
- Timur Geyik
- Timur Kaya
- Toprak Berva Yıldırım
- Ümit Batu Başkırt
- Umut Taylan Doğru
- Uras Somer
- Utku Bayhan
- Yalçın Demir Belirgen
- Yalın Yılmaz
- Yazan Alvaeli
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.