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Qubes Don' Lie Ankara 2022

Ankara · 15 October 2022 · 11 events · 43 competitors · 75 personal bests

Alexey Tsvetkov won seven of the eleven events (3×3, 2×2, 4×4) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Alexey Tsvetkov by 0.04 seconds. 43 competitors produced 75 personal bests, 22 of which still stand today, and ten people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Rafik Eskandar set the 2×2 single national record: 2.02.

Seven wins
Alexey Tsvetkov — 3×3, 2×2, 4×4, 3×3 one-handed, Clock, Pyraminx, Skewb
0.04s
closest final — 2×2, Alexey Tsvetkov over Ahmet Çınar Ablak
75
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Alexey Tsvetkov6.828.16
2×2Alexey Tsvetkov1.201.88
4×4Alexey Tsvetkov29.9733.23
5×5Ahmet Çınar Ablak1:00.881:02.31
6×6Ahmet Çınar Ablak1:44.711:56.78
7×7Ahmet Çınar Ablak2:47.332:49.23
3×3 blindfoldedAhmet Çınar Ablak2:55.07
3×3 one-handedAlexey Tsvetkov10.3012.55
ClockAlexey Tsvetkov6.958.16
PyraminxAlexey Tsvetkov1.912.44
SkewbAlexey Tsvetkov1.663.54

The PB harvest

75 set · 22 still standing
  • Rafik Eskandar — 4×4 single 31.57: into the top 3.8% of the event's history.
  • Ömer Faruk Bircan — 3×3 one-handed single 13.29: into the top 4.9% of the event's history.
  • Alexey Tsvetkov — 5×5 single 1:12.96: into the top 13.8% of the event's history.
  • Burak Yalçın — Pyraminx single 5.43: into the top 16.0% of the event's history.
  • Laila Yahya — 2×2 single 3.33: into the top 18.1% of the event's history.
  • Demir Burak İnal — 3×3 single 13.42: into the top 18.9% of the event's history.
  • Batu Dönmez — 2×2 single 3.62: into the top 21.7% of the event's history.
  • Burak Yalçın — 3×3 single 14.35: into the top 22.2% of the event's history.

First-timers

Ten people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 26,245 people who made their debut in 2022. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

7 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

43 competitors · 312 results · 11 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. Alexey Tsvetkov won it with a 8.16 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

43 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.