Competitions · Turkey

Marmara Spring 2018

İstanbul · 31 March 2018 · 9 events · 116 competitors · 106 personal bests

Mohammad Sarlaki (محمد سرلکی) won two of the nine events (3×3, 3×3 one-handed) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Berk Rende by 0.01 seconds. 116 competitors produced 106 personal bests, 43 of which still stand today, and 71 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Layth Alkinani set the 2×2 single national record: 7.38.

Two wins

Mohammad Sarlaki (محمد سرلکی) — 3×3, 3×3 one-handed

0.01s

closest final — 2×2, Berk Rende over Ahmet Güzel

106

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Mohammad Sarlaki (محمد سرلکی)	8.63	9.82
2×2	Berk Rende	3.12	3.69
4×4	Soheil Lotfi (سهیل لطفی)	31.55	39.57
5×5	Soheil Lotfi (سهیل لطفی)	1:10.48	1:17.84
3×3 blindfolded	Muhammed Enes Ertaş	1:26.10	—
3×3 one-handed	Mohammad Sarlaki (محمد سرلکی)	17.03	18.09
Pyraminx	Sepehr Lotfi (سپهر لطفی)	3.49	4.17
Skewb	Kasra Sarebanha (کسری ساربانها)	2.99	4.42
Square-1	Berk Rende	20.23	24.27

The PB harvest

106 set · 43 still standing

Mehmet Barın Erturan — 2×2 single 1.50: into the top 2.2% of the event's history.
Yunus Emre Varkal — Pyraminx single 2.98: into the top 3.6% of the event's history.
Soheil Lotfi (سهیل لطفی) — 4×4 single 31.55: into the top 3.8% of the event's history.
David Oh — 3×3 single 9.45: into the top 6.0% of the event's history.
Mohammad Sarlaki (محمد سرلکی) — 4×4 single 34.23: into the top 6.1% of the event's history.
Yunus Emre Varkal — 3×3 single 11.03: into the top 10.6% of the event's history.
Kaan Fanosçu — 3×3 single 11.30: into the top 11.4% of the event's history.
Mohammad Sarlaki (محمد سرلکی) — 5×5 single 1:09.94: into the top 11.6% of the event's history.

First-timers

71 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 26,076 people who made their debut in 2018. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

5 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

116 competitors · 621 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. Mohammad Sarlaki (محمد سرلکی) won it with a 9.82 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

116 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.