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Ankara · 2 March 2024 · 9 events · 65 competitors · 78 personal bests

Onur Karahan won three of the nine events (3×3, 5×5, 3×3 one-handed) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Nihat Sarp Ustaömer by 0.16 seconds. 65 competitors produced 78 personal bests, 43 of which still stand today, and 26 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Mehmet Kağan Günay took a 2×2 single of 19.03 down to 5.34, 72 percent better in one day.

Three wins

Onur Karahan — 3×3, 5×5, 3×3 one-handed

0.16s

closest final — 2×2, Nihat Sarp Ustaömer over Ömer Eymen Akar

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Onur Karahan	10.03	10.37
2×2	Nihat Sarp Ustaömer	1.90	3.21
4×4	Boran Doruk Adsay	41.23	43.84
5×5	Onur Karahan	1:26.26	1:36.96
3×3 one-handed	Onur Karahan	15.58	18.35
Clock	Zeki Hotoğlu	7.95	8.59
Megaminx	Erkin Can	49.20	54.01
Pyraminx	Alim Jahangırov	2.94	4.25
Skewb	Orkun Efe Dahar	4.89	7.07

The PB harvest

78 set · 43 still standing

Orkun Efe Dahar — 3×3 single 8.17: into the top 3.1% of the event's history.
Erkin Can — Megaminx single 49.20: into the top 4.8% of the event's history.
Emirhan Gökçe — Pyraminx single 3.61: into the top 5.9% of the event's history.
Can Semiz — 3×3 single 11.03: into the top 10.6% of the event's history.
Eyüp Tuğra Yiğit — 2×2 single 2.74: into the top 11.4% of the event's history.
Mehmet Selim Gürcan — Pyraminx single 5.12: into the top 13.9% of the event's history.
Erkin Can — 3×3 single 13.53: into the top 19.3% of the event's history.
Göktuğ Emre Karakaya — 2×2 single 3.45: into the top 19.6% of the event's history.

First-timers

26 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 32,954 people who made their debut in 2024. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

No national, continental or world records were set at this competition. That is true of most competitions.

The field

65 competitors · 389 results · 9 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. Onur Karahan won it with a 10.37 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

65 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.