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Competitions · Turkey

İzmir Summer 2019

İzmir · 20 July 2019 · 9 events · 33 competitors · 59 personal bests

Ahmet Güzel won three of the nine events (4×4, 5×5, 3×3 one-handed) and the closest final was the 3×3 one-handed, won by Ahmet Güzel by 0.05 seconds. 33 competitors produced 59 personal bests, 23 of which still stand today, and four people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Çağan Yıldırım took a 2×2 single of 14.90 down to 5.82, 61 percent better in one day.

Three wins
Ahmet Güzel — 4×4, 5×5, 3×3 one-handed
0.05s
closest final — 3×3 one-handed, Ahmet Güzel over Eyüp Erbeyin
59
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Mehmet Barın Erturan8.369.13
2×2Acar Gök1.972.25
4×4Ahmet Güzel34.1537.10
5×5Ahmet Güzel1:15.571:17.30
3×3 one-handedAhmet Güzel15.8917.13
MegaminxAhmet Çınar Ablak1:12.611:18.29
PyraminxDoruk Ünal4.075.04
SkewbAhmet Çınar Ablak5.076.39
Square-1Ahmet Çınar Ablak12.0514.31

The PB harvest

59 set · 23 still standing

First-timers

Four 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

No national, continental or world records were set at this competition. That is true of most competitions.

The field

33 competitors · 250 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. Mehmet Barın Erturan won it with a 9.13 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

33 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.