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Sweet November İstanbul 2022

İstanbul · 19 November 2022 · 10 events · 47 competitors · 71 personal bests

Ahmet Çınar Ablak won five of the ten events (4×4, 5×5, 6×6) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Alexey Tsvetkov by 0.61 seconds. 47 competitors produced 71 personal bests, 25 of which still stand today, and six people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Ahmet Çınar Ablak set the 3×3 single national record: 5.31.

Five wins
Ahmet Çınar Ablak — 4×4, 5×5, 6×6, 7×7, Square-1
0.61s
closest final — 3×3, Alexey Tsvetkov over Ahmet Çınar Ablak
71
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Alexey Tsvetkov6.227.57
2×2Alexey Tsvetkov1.031.51
4×4Ahmet Çınar Ablak27.2831.84
5×5Ahmet Çınar Ablak52.8958.98
6×6Ahmet Çınar Ablak1:33.501:41.37
7×7Ahmet Çınar Ablak2:37.752:47.34
3×3 blindfoldedOzan Gökmen1:29.55
3×3 one-handedTolga Kaan Kantarcı9.2811.35
ClockSarp Abaç6.068.00
Square-1Ahmet Çınar Ablak7.809.19

The PB harvest

71 set · 25 still standing

First-timers

Six 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

47 competitors · 296 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. Alexey Tsvetkov won it with a 7.57 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

47 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.