Competitions · Turkey

MBA February 2025

İstanbul · 8 February 2025 · 9 events · 65 competitors · 76 personal bests

Hoomaan Motevalli Habibi won four of the nine events (2×2, 3×3 one-handed, Clock) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Ahmet İhsan Özkan by 0.03 seconds. 65 competitors produced 76 personal bests, 28 of which still stand today, and 13 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Eyad Moataz Osama Mohamed Eyad set the 2×2 single national record: 1.22.

Four wins

Hoomaan Motevalli Habibi — 2×2, 3×3 one-handed, Clock, Pyraminx

0.03s

closest final — 3×3, Ahmet İhsan Özkan over Ahmet Berkalp Tarakçı

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Ahmet İhsan Özkan	6.37	7.82
2×2	Hoomaan Motevalli Habibi	1.79	2.63
4×4	Mert Sağdınç	28.18	32.74
5×5	Alikhan Zhanybekov	50.71	54.48
3×3 one-handed	Hoomaan Motevalli Habibi	13.68	17.17
Clock	Hoomaan Motevalli Habibi	5.04	5.57
Megaminx	Alikhan Zhanybekov	51.65	55.75
Pyraminx	Hoomaan Motevalli Habibi	2.61	3.39
Skewb	Timur Demirci	2.90	3.62

The PB harvest

76 set · 28 still standing

Hoomaan Motevalli Habibi — 2×2 single 0.66: into the top 0.081% of the event's history.
Hoomaan Motevalli Habibi — 3×3 single 6.03: into the top 0.5% of the event's history.
Eyad Moataz Osama Mohamed Eyad — 2×2 single 1.22: into the top 1.1% of the event's history.
Alikhan Zhanybekov — 5×5 single 50.71: into the top 2.0% of the event's history.
Eyad Moataz Osama Mohamed Eyad — 3×3 single 7.93: into the top 2.7% of the event's history.
Cemre Ertürk — 2×2 single 2.13: into the top 5.7% of the event's history.
İlker Demir Billur — 2×2 single 2.27: into the top 6.8% of the event's history.
Adam Massah — 2×2 single 2.55: into the top 9.4% 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

3 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

65 competitors · 356 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 İhsan Özkan won it with a 7.82 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

65 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.