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Loba Ankara December 2025

Ankara · 6 December 2025 · 7 events · 49 competitors · 68 personal bests

Ahmet Çınar Ablak won four of the seven events (3×3, 2×2, 4×4) and the closest final was the 3×3 one-handed, won by Onur Karahan by 0.30 seconds. 49 competitors produced 68 personal bests, 37 of which still stand today, and 13 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

İsmail Çınar Erdağ took a Pyraminx single of 18.71 down to 6.43, 66 percent better in one day.

Four wins
Ahmet Çınar Ablak — 3×3, 2×2, 4×4, Pyraminx
0.30s
closest final — 3×3 one-handed, Onur Karahan over Ahmet Çınar Ablak
68
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Ahmet Çınar Ablak5.557.40
2×2Ahmet Çınar Ablak1.562.15
4×4Ahmet Çınar Ablak26.0429.24
3×3 one-handedOnur Karahan12.4114.27
ClockKerem Karaer6.307.46
PyraminxAhmet Çınar Ablak2.973.50
SkewbBora Azizoğlu2.624.68

The PB harvest

68 set · 37 still standing
  • Alim Jahangırov — Pyraminx single 1.96: into the top 1.1% of the event's history.
  • Alim Jahangırov — 2×2 single 1.49: into the top 2.1% of the event's history.
  • Berk Rende — 4×4 single 29.27: into the top 2.4% of the event's history.
  • Ali Berke Akçay — 3×3 single 7.87: into the top 2.6% of the event's history.
  • Zeki Hotoğlu — 2×2 single 1.73: into the top 3.2% of the event's history.
  • Burak Kaya — 3×3 single 8.33: into the top 3.4% of the event's history.
  • Deniz Öztürk — 3×3 single 8.67: into the top 4.1% of the event's history.
  • Batualp Kurt — 2×2 single 2.23: into the top 6.5% of the event's history.

First-timers

13 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 28,483 people who made their debut in 2025. 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

49 competitors · 355 results · 7 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 7.40 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

49 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.