Competitions · Albania
Albania Open 2026
Tirana · 10 October 2026 · 7 events · 49 competitors · 32 personal bests
Gergely Novotni won three of the seven events (4×4, 5×5, Skewb) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Thomas Mako by 0.18 seconds. 49 competitors produced 32 personal bests, and 14 people held a competitor card for the first time.
Winners & podiums
| Event | Winner | Single | Average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | Thomas Mako | 8.35 | 8.92 |
| 2×2 | Stefania Gabriela Mihalache | 1.71 | 2.56 |
| 4×4 | Gergely Novotni | 25.83 | 27.08 |
| 5×5 | Gergely Novotni | 45.91 | 50.68 |
| 3×3 blindfolded | Konstantin Jaehne | 41.97 | — |
| Pyraminx | Kacper Paweł Dworak | 3.10 | 4.70 |
| Skewb | Gergely Novotni | 3.39 | 4.17 |
The PB harvest
32 set · 32 still standing- Yuxuan Huang (黄宇轩) — 3×3 single 7.81: into the top 2.5% of the event's history.
- Stefania Gabriela Mihalache — Pyraminx single 3.04: into the top 3.8% of the event's history.
- Stefania Gabriela Mihalache — 3×3 single 8.78: into the top 4.4% of the event's history.
- Andrea Clementi — 3×3 single 10.07: into the top 7.7% of the event's history.
- Stefania Gabriela Mihalache — Skewb single 3.58: into the top 8.3% of the event's history.
- Xhonatan Kapxhiu — 3×3 single 10.26: into the top 8.3% of the event's history.
- Samuel Mema — 3×3 single 12.30: into the top 15.0% of the event's history.
- Riccardo Raciti — 3×3 single 12.50: into the top 15.7% of the event's history.
First-timers
14 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 22,685 people who made their debut in 2026. Start here explains what a first competition is like.
Records watch
1 regional record was set at this competition.
The field
49 competitors · 289 results · 7 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. Thomas Mako won it with a 8.92 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.
- 1
D2 B L2 D2 R' U2 F2 U2 L' U2 B' D L U' L2 B' R2 U' - 2
R2 D' B2 R2 B2 U2 L2 U F2 D' R B U' F U L F D' R' F - 3
R2 U' R2 F2 L2 B2 R2 U F2 B' R2 D L R2 B' D' R2 U2 L - 4
F U' R2 D2 L2 R2 B' L2 B D2 B2 D2 U2 R' U F' L2 D2 F2 U2 R' - 5
D R' L F R L2 D F2 B' D R B2 D2 L2 B2 R B2 L U2
solve 1
solve 2
solve 3
solve 4
solve 5
Race this final
Everyone who competed
49 competitors- Amar Azizaj
- Andrea Clementi
- Arkadiusz Abramowski
- Artemisa Pilkati
- Auxhest Keci
- Aviel Pellumbi
- Borjan Topaj
- Brian Ymerali
- Carmela Gravano
- Chiara Marcucci
- Damiano Di Paola
- Daren Karameto
- Darin Velija
- David Petushi
- Erdi Zeneli
- Ergi Beqaj
- Erida Troqe
- Erti Shorri
- Gergely Novotni
- Giovanni Tramontano
- Giuseppe Simone
- Grigorii Poperechnyi
- Ikra Shameti
- Jonida Tërshnjaku
- Jordan Crippa
- Kacper Paweł Dworak
- Kevin Dhima
- Konstantin Jaehne
- Konstantin Poperechnyi
- Levente Radovics
- Maksymilian Gala
- Marin Baholli
- Maris Lame
- Marko Camandioti
- Matteo Provasi
- Mihai Catalin Mihalache
- Orhan Manci
- Oscar Luigi M. Gravador
- Philippe Schwartz
- Riccardo Raciti
- Samuel Dumi
- Samuel Mema
- Stefania Gabriela Mihalache
- Thomas Mako
- Tommaso Raposio
- Vincenzo Maria Gammino
- Wojciech Szatanowski
- Xhonatan Kapxhiu
- Yuxuan Huang (黄宇轩)
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.