Competitions · Greece

Athens Winter Open 2023

Athens · 11 February 2023 · 8 events · 138 competitors · 121 personal bests

Lir Ukaj won four of the eight events (3×3, 2×2, 7×7) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Lir Ukaj by 0.10 seconds. 138 competitors produced 121 personal bests, 47 of which still stand today, and 75 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Panayiotis Isaia set the 3×3 single national record: 7.72.

Four wins

Lir Ukaj — 3×3, 2×2, 7×7, Pyraminx

0.10s

closest final — 2×2, Lir Ukaj over Vasilis Prigkos

121

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Lir Ukaj	7.43	8.42
2×2	Lir Ukaj	1.51	3.11
6×6	Zois Lefkidis	2:06.56	2:19.26
7×7	Lir Ukaj	3:20.11	3:39.76
Clock	Pierre Bouvier	7.12	8.54
Megaminx	Panayiotis Isaia	48.98	54.93
Pyraminx	Lir Ukaj	4.90	5.01
Square-1	Giorgos Exarchos	12.23	15.86

The PB harvest

121 set · 47 still standing

Lir Ukaj — 2×2 single 0.92: into the top 0.41% of the event's history.
Zois Lefkidis — 3×3 single 7.05: into the top 1.4% of the event's history.
Nikos Preda — 2×2 single 1.33: into the top 1.5% of the event's history.
Charidimos Gourniezakis — 2×2 single 1.41: into the top 1.8% of the event's history.
Athanasios Bouboulis — 2×2 single 1.45: into the top 1.9% of the event's history.
Iasonas Mylonas — 2×2 single 1.47: into the top 2.0% of the event's history.
Panayiotis Isaia — 2×2 single 1.68: into the top 3.0% of the event's history.
Giorgos Exarchos — 3×3 single 8.45: into the top 3.6% of the event's history.

First-timers

75 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 37,591 people who made their debut in 2023. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

13 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

138 competitors · 698 results · 8 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. Lir Ukaj won it with a 8.42 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

138 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.