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İzmir Spring 2019

İzmir · 11 May 2019 · 13 events · 28 competitors · 50 personal bests

Ahmet Çınar Ablak won four of the 13 events (3×3 blindfolded, Pyraminx, Skewb) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Mehmet Barın Erturan by 0.24 seconds. 28 competitors produced 50 personal bests, 24 of which still stand today, and eight people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Can Gücüyener set the Megaminx single national record: 1:01.74.

Four wins
Ahmet Çınar Ablak — 3×3 blindfolded, Pyraminx, Skewb, Square-1
0.24s
closest final — 3×3, Mehmet Barın Erturan over Eyüp Erbeyin
50
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Mehmet Barın Erturan8.949.49
2×2Acar Gök1.282.85
4×4Ahmet Güzel36.6938.47
5×5Ahmet Güzel1:11.531:15.71
6×6Can Gücüyener2:30.682:36.16
7×7Can Gücüyener4:06.604:11.85
3×3 blindfoldedAhmet Çınar Ablak7:16.91
3×3 Fewest MovesEyüp Erbeyin44 moves
3×3 one-handedEyüp Erbeyin12.0514.05
MegaminxCan Gücüyener1:01.741:08.42
PyraminxAhmet Çınar Ablak5.515.95
SkewbAhmet Çınar Ablak4.625.43
Square-1Ahmet Çınar Ablak10.9812.34

The PB harvest

50 set · 24 still standing
  • Eyüp Erbeyin — 3×3 one-handed single 12.05: into the top 3.1% of the event's history.
  • Teoman Çavuş — Pyraminx single 4.08: into the top 8.1% of the event's history.
  • Eyüp Erbeyin — 4×4 single 38.96: into the top 10.9% of the event's history.
  • Aksel Finanser — Pyraminx single 4.79: into the top 11.9% of the event's history.
  • Alen Ayvazoğlu — Pyraminx single 5.71: into the top 17.9% of the event's history.
  • Levent Gönenç Gönençer — 2×2 single 3.56: into the top 20.9% of the event's history.
  • Levent Gönenç Gönençer — 3×3 one-handed single 20.84: into the top 22.8% of the event's history.
  • Alen Ayvazoğlu — 4×4 single 58.05: into the top 34.4% of the event's history.

First-timers

Eight people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 27,871 people who made their debut in 2019. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

7 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

28 competitors · 215 results · 13 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. Mehmet Barın Erturan won it with a 9.49 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

28 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.