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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.

The moment

A national record

Rafik Sarwat Naeem Ragheb set the 4×4 single national record: 44.08.

Six wins
Ahmet Çınar Ablak — 3×3, 2×2, 5×5, 6×6, 3×3 one-handed, Skewb
0.39s
closest final — Skewb, Ahmet Çınar Ablak over Kaloyan Galabinov
53
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Ahmet Çınar Ablak7.909.38
2×2Ahmet Çınar Ablak1.482.65
4×4Mert Sağdınç29.4534.73
5×5Ahmet Çınar Ablak56.231:00.12
6×6Ahmet Çınar Ablak1:44.321:50.74
7×7Kerem Eroğlu2:52.062:55.76
3×3 one-handedAhmet Çınar Ablak12.9915.17
PyraminxUtku Bayhan3.864.86
SkewbAhmet Çınar Ablak5.426.51

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

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.