Competitions · Bosnia and Herzegovina

Banja Luka Cube Day 2023

Banja Luka · 16 September 2023 · 7 events · 62 competitors · 85 personal bests

Leon Schmidtchen won two of the seven events (3×3, 4×4) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Niko Ronkainen by 0.63 seconds. 62 competitors produced 85 personal bests, 31 of which still stand today, and 13 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Filip Aleksić set the 3×3 single national record: 8.16.

Two wins

Leon Schmidtchen — 3×3, 4×4

0.63s

closest final — 2×2, Niko Ronkainen over Bogdan Čumić

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Leon Schmidtchen	7.06	7.80
2×2	Niko Ronkainen	2.16	2.62
4×4	Leon Schmidtchen	28.26	34.41
3×3 blindfolded	Konstantin Jaehne	1:05.33	—
3×3 one-handed	Matej Marčok	10.16	12.92
Pyraminx	Jakob Kitak	2.39	3.45
Skewb	Jakob Kitak	2.24	3.31

The PB harvest

85 set · 31 still standing

Lucijan Cvijetović — 3×3 single 7.54: into the top 2.0% of the event's history.
Sven Eder — 2×2 single 2.31: into the top 7.1% of the event's history.
Anto Markanović — Pyraminx single 4.17: into the top 8.5% of the event's history.
Christoph Prasch — 4×4 single 39.04: into the top 11.0% of the event's history.
Anthony Zwiers — 3×3 single 11.48: into the top 12.1% of the event's history.
Filip Aleksić — Skewb single 4.85: into the top 17.0% of the event's history.
Aleksandar Babić — Pyraminx single 5.89: into the top 19.2% of the event's history.
Anthony Zwiers — Skewb single 5.15: into the top 19.3% of the event's history.

First-timers

13 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

7 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

62 competitors · 331 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. Leon Schmidtchen won it with a 7.80 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

62 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.