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One Day İstanbul A 2024

İstanbul · 9 March 2024 · 6 events · 39 competitors · 37 personal bests

Alper Şakım won three of the six events (2×2, 4×4, 3×3 one-handed) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Alper Şakım by 0.30 seconds. 39 competitors produced 37 personal bests, 17 of which still stand today, and 21 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Mohammed Badr Albaram set the 3×3 single national record: 11.11.

Three wins
Alper Şakım — 2×2, 4×4, 3×3 one-handed
0.30s
closest final — 2×2, Alper Şakım over Melisa Şen
37
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Muhammed Volkan Güngör8.819.31
2×2Alper Şakım3.293.86
4×4Alper Şakım36.1143.14
3×3 one-handedAlper Şakım13.4016.71
PyraminxMelisa Şen4.245.63
SkewbCan Uzun5.226.27

The PB harvest

37 set · 17 still standing
  • Alper Şakım — 3×3 one-handed single 13.40: into the top 5.1% of the event's history.
  • Melisa Şen — Skewb single 4.52: into the top 14.6% of the event's history.
  • Ameer Selo — 2×2 single 3.36: into the top 18.5% of the event's history.
  • Asaf Selim Horuz — Pyraminx single 6.35: into the top 22.6% of the event's history.
  • Ameer Selo — 3×3 single 14.80: into the top 23.7% of the event's history.
  • Eren Alessio Marino — 2×2 single 3.90: into the top 25.2% of the event's history.
  • Can Ertuğrul — 3×3 single 17.56: into the top 32.7% of the event's history.
  • Ensar Bildik — 3×3 single 19.98: into the top 39.9% of the event's history.

First-timers

21 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

39 competitors · 156 results · 6 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. Muhammed Volkan Güngör won it with a 9.31 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

39 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.