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New Beginnings in Ankara 2024

Ankara · 4 May 2024 · 8 events · 66 competitors · 79 personal bests

Ahmet Çınar Ablak won seven of the eight events (3×3, 2×2, 4×4) and the closest final was the Pyraminx, won by Ahmet Çınar Ablak by 0.79 seconds. 66 competitors produced 79 personal bests, 38 of which still stand today, and 23 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Arda Santurkaya set the Clock single national record: 4.83.

Seven wins
Ahmet Çınar Ablak — 3×3, 2×2, 4×4, 5×5, 3×3 one-handed, Pyraminx, Skewb
0.79s
closest final — Pyraminx, Ahmet Çınar Ablak over Alim Jahangırov
79
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Ahmet Çınar Ablak6.247.11
2×2Ahmet Çınar Ablak1.512.07
4×4Ahmet Çınar Ablak27.2029.29
5×5Ahmet Çınar Ablak51.1154.25
3×3 one-handedAhmet Çınar Ablak12.0813.29
ClockArda Santurkaya4.877.06
PyraminxAhmet Çınar Ablak2.313.29
SkewbAhmet Çınar Ablak3.815.58

The PB harvest

79 set · 38 still standing
  • Timur Geyik — 2×2 single 0.94: into the top 0.45% of the event's history.
  • İdil Camgöz — 2×2 single 1.65: into the top 2.8% of the event's history.
  • Arda Santurkaya — Clock single 4.83: into the top 4.0% of the event's history.
  • Nihat Sarp Ustaömer — 3×3 one-handed single 14.95: into the top 8.0% of the event's history.
  • Nihat Sarp Ustaömer — Skewb single 4.54: into the top 14.8% of the event's history.
  • Hasan Kağan Bilgin — 2×2 single 3.25: into the top 17.2% of the event's history.
  • Jan Iyigun — 2×2 single 3.32: into the top 18.0% of the event's history.
  • Arda Santurkaya — 3×3 single 13.43: into the top 19.0% of the event's history.

First-timers

23 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 32,954 people who made their debut in 2024. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

2 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

66 competitors · 361 results · 8 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 7.11 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

66 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.