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Qubes Don' Lie İstanbul 2022

İstanbul · 1 October 2022 · 11 events · 59 competitors · 95 personal bests

Tolga Kaan Kantarcı won two of the eleven events (3×3, 3×3 one-handed) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Alikhan Zhanybekov by 0.22 seconds. 59 competitors produced 95 personal bests, 31 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 4×4 single national record: 33.82.

Two wins
Tolga Kaan Kantarcı — 3×3, 3×3 one-handed
0.22s
closest final — 2×2, Alikhan Zhanybekov over Rafik Eskandar
95
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Tolga Kaan Kantarcı6.888.14
2×2Alikhan Zhanybekov2.993.26
4×4Mert Sağdınç28.9631.07
5×5Mert Sağdınç1:00.891:13.81
6×6Vincenzo Maria Gammino2:03.772:11.13
7×7Vincenzo Maria Gammino3:01.323:05.13
3×3 blindfoldedAlikhan Zhanybekov2:16.29—
3×3 one-handedTolga Kaan Kantarcı11.5612.45
ClockSarp Abaç7.229.37
PyraminxRafik Eskandar5.796.82
Square-1Utku Yılmaz6.7611.51

The PB harvest

95 set · 31 still standing
  • Utku Yılmaz — Square-1 single 6.76: into the top 1.5% of the event's history.
  • Ömer Çetinkaya — 4×4 single 30.53: into the top 3.2% of the event's history.
  • Muhammad Ali — 3×3 single 10.83: into the top 10.0% of the event's history.
  • İlker Demir Billur — Pyraminx single 5.05: into the top 13.5% of the event's history.
  • Kenan Alim — 3×3 single 12.46: into the top 15.5% of the event's history.
  • Sevgin Vatansever — 3×3 single 13.09: into the top 17.7% of the event's history.
  • Tuna Erdem — 3×3 single 13.59: into the top 19.5% of the event's history.
  • Can Yerli — 2×2 single 3.56: into the top 20.9% of the event's history.

First-timers

13 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

12 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

59 competitors · 409 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. Tolga Kaan Kantarcı won it with a 8.14 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

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.