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Balkan Open 2023

Pančevo · 7 October 2023 · 12 events · 111 competitors · 175 personal bests

Ianis Costin Chele won five of the twelve events (3×3, 4×4, Megaminx) and the closest final was the Pyraminx, won by Ianis Costin Chele by 0.04 seconds. 111 competitors produced 175 personal bests, 46 of which still stand today, and 27 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Filip Aleksić set the 3×3 single national record: 7.76.

Five wins
Ianis Costin Chele — 3×3, 4×4, Megaminx, Pyraminx, Square-1
0.04s
closest final — Pyraminx, Ianis Costin Chele over Alexey Tsvetkov
175
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Ianis Costin Chele6.126.94
2×2Alexey Tsvetkov1.061.57
4×4Ianis Costin Chele31.9533.48
5×5Bence Barát54.7659.97
6×6Bence Barát1:43.441:45.40
7×7Bence Barát2:33.762:40.74
3×3 blindfoldedBence Barát43.2247.23
3×3 one-handedAlexey Tsvetkov9.9111.32
MegaminxIanis Costin Chele39.8646.56
PyraminxIanis Costin Chele1.432.40
SkewbAlexey Tsvetkov2.172.74
Square-1Ianis Costin Chele8.7010.60

The PB harvest

175 set · 46 still standing
  • Đorđe Vuković — 3×3 single 7.32: into the top 1.7% of the event's history.
  • Luka Stošić — Pyraminx single 2.67: into the top 2.6% of the event's history.
  • Stefan Šebez — 2×2 single 1.75: into the top 3.3% of the event's history.
  • Andrej Mikulić — 2×2 single 1.85: into the top 3.9% of the event's history.
  • Lazar Žujović — 3×3 single 8.72: into the top 4.2% of the event's history.
  • Nenad Marjanović — 3×3 single 8.92: into the top 4.7% of the event's history.
  • Stefan Šebez — Square-1 single 9.51: into the top 5.3% of the event's history.
  • Bogdan Čumić — 3×3 one-handed single 14.48: into the top 7.0% of the event's history.

First-timers

27 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

14 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

111 competitors · 880 results · 12 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. Ianis Costin Chele won it with a 6.94 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

111 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.