Competitions · Turkey

See You Next Year İstanbul 2023

İstanbul · 30 December 2022 · 15 events · 48 competitors · 57 personal bests

Andrey Che won four of the 15 events (4×4, 5×5, 3×3 one-handed) and the closest final was the Pyraminx, won by Andrey Che by 0.00 seconds. 48 competitors produced 57 personal bests, 11 of which still stand today, and nine people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Andrey Che set the 5×5 single national record: 45.34.

Four wins

Andrey Che — 4×4, 5×5, 3×3 one-handed, Pyraminx

0.00s

closest final — Pyraminx, Andrey Che over Zayn Khanani

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Zayn Khanani	6.58	7.61
2×2	Zayn Khanani	1.10	1.61
4×4	Andrey Che	27.76	32.61
5×5	Andrey Che	45.34	54.98
6×6	Ibrahim Khanani	1:51.56	1:54.75
7×7	Ibrahim Khanani	2:51.18	2:54.61
3×3 blindfolded	Ahmet Faruk Acar	23.05	—
3×3 Fewest Moves	Hassan Khanani	31 moves	—
3×3 one-handed	Andrey Che	9.89	10.39
Clock	Sarp Abaç	5.53	6.90
Pyraminx	Andrey Che	3.47	4.58
Skewb	Zayn Khanani	1.70	2.45
Square-1	Hassan Khanani	4.83	5.97
4×4 blindfolded	Ahmet Faruk Acar	4:36.66	—
3×3 Multi-Blind	Ahmet Faruk Acar	17 of 20 cubes · 56:44	—

The PB harvest

57 set · 11 still standing

Tolga Kaan Kantarcı — 3×3 single 6.39: into the top 0.76% of the event's history.
Ahmet Faruk Acar — 3×3 single 8.25: into the top 3.2% of the event's history.
Atakan Acar — 2×2 single 1.93: into the top 4.3% of the event's history.
Martin Kolmakov — 2×2 single 2.69: into the top 10.8% of the event's history.
Mert Sağdınç — 6×6 single 2:06.08: into the top 13.7% of the event's history.
Ahmet Faruk Acar — 3×3 one-handed single 17.60: into the top 14.1% of the event's history.
Ahmet Faruk Acar — 4×4 single 48.33: into the top 22.5% of the event's history.
Kağan Söylemezoğlu — 3×3 single 14.92: into the top 24.2% of the event's history.

First-timers

Nine 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

9 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

48 competitors · 334 results · 15 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. Zayn Khanani won it with a 7.61 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

48 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.