Competitions · Austria

Austrian Open 2017

Vienna · 28 October 2017 · 13 events · 61 competitors · 106 personal bests

Bence Barát won six of the 13 events (3×3, 2×2, 5×5) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Bence Barát by 0.01 seconds. 61 competitors produced 106 personal bests, 23 of which still stand today, and 15 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Bence Barát set the 7×7 single national record: 2:36.31.

Six wins

Bence Barát — 3×3, 2×2, 5×5, 6×6, 7×7, 3×3 Fewest Moves

0.01s

closest final — 3×3, Bence Barát over Florian Truckenthanner

106

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Bence Barát	8.06	9.48
2×2	Bence Barát	2.24	2.79
4×4	Florian Truckenthanner	34.73	38.24
5×5	Bence Barát	58.09	1:03.25
6×6	Bence Barát	2:00.63	2:07.68
7×7	Bence Barát	2:36.31	2:50.11
3×3 blindfolded	Linus Frész	43.24	57.92
3×3 Fewest Moves	Bence Barát	28 moves	—
3×3 one-handed	Tobias Peter	13.00	14.66
Clock	Tobias Peter	8.32	8.80
Megaminx	Christoph Prasch	56.15	58.48
Pyraminx	Jakub Drobný	3.22	3.56
Skewb	Szabolcs Szántai	3.38	5.40

The PB harvest

106 set · 23 still standing

Salamon Tűzkő — 3×3 single 7.42: into the top 1.9% of the event's history.
Máté Berecz — 4×4 single 33.30: into the top 5.2% of the event's history.
Levente Máté Básti — Pyraminx single 3.82: into the top 6.8% of the event's history.
Christoph Prasch — Megaminx single 56.15: into the top 8.0% of the event's history.
Stefan Stoiber — Megaminx single 59.66: into the top 9.8% of the event's history.
Péter Ákos Barta — Pyraminx single 5.21: into the top 14.5% of the event's history.
Paul Grasser — Pyraminx single 6.39: into the top 22.9% of the event's history.
David Kindermann — 3×3 one-handed single 24.66: into the top 33.3% of the event's history.

First-timers

15 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 23,482 people who made their debut in 2017. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

16 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

61 competitors · 613 results · 13 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. Bence Barát won it with a 9.48 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

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solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

61 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.