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Otantik Weekend 2023

Bursa · 2 September 2023 · 10 events · 59 competitors · 81 personal bests

Ahmet Çınar Ablak won five of the ten events (3×3, 4×4, 5×5) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Hoomaan Motevalli Habibi by 0.06 seconds. 59 competitors produced 81 personal bests, 25 of which still stand today, and 13 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Alikhan Zhanybekov set the 5×5 average national record: 1:00.47.

Five wins
Ahmet Çınar Ablak — 3×3, 4×4, 5×5, 3×3 one-handed, Skewb
0.06s
closest final — 2×2, Hoomaan Motevalli Habibi over Ahmet Çınar Ablak
81
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Ahmet Çınar Ablak6.927.89
2×2Hoomaan Motevalli Habibi2.102.40
4×4Ahmet Çınar Ablak26.4630.17
5×5Ahmet Çınar Ablak49.4553.67
3×3 blindfoldedAhmet Faruk Acar26.49
3×3 Fewest MovesMatei-Alexandru Ghencea33 moves
3×3 one-handedAhmet Çınar Ablak13.3914.40
ClockMatei-Alexandru Ghencea5.387.20
PyraminxHoomaan Motevalli Habibi2.793.67
SkewbAhmet Çınar Ablak3.585.32

The PB harvest

81 set · 25 still standing
  • Timur Geyik — Pyraminx single 3.85: into the top 6.9% of the event's history.
  • Güney Ünal — 2×2 single 2.63: into the top 10.2% of the event's history.
  • Özcan Arda Cansız — 2×2 single 2.94: into the top 13.6% of the event's history.
  • Özcan Arda Cansız — 4×4 single 44.89: into the top 18.2% of the event's history.
  • Ege Onat Ünlüer — Skewb single 5.21: into the top 19.8% of the event's history.
  • Ozan Gökmen — Clock single 9.09: into the top 20.4% of the event's history.
  • Alihan Aydınoğlu — 2×2 single 3.91: into the top 25.3% of the event's history.
  • Ozan Sager — 3×3 single 15.60: into the top 26.5% of the event's history.

First-timers

13 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 37,591 people who made their debut in 2023. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

1 regional record was set at this competition.

The field

59 competitors · 399 results · 10 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 7.89 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

59 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.