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Competitions · Bosnia and Herzegovina

Banja Luka Open 2017

Banja Luka · 22 April 2017 · 14 events · 36 competitors · 42 personal bests

Bence Barát won nine of the 14 events (3×3, 2×2, 4×4) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Bence Barát by 0.48 seconds. 36 competitors produced 42 personal bests, 7 of which still stand today, and 16 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Bojan Perić set the 3×3 with feet single national record: 5:01.83.

Nine wins
Bence Barát — 3×3, 2×2, 4×4, 5×5, 6×6, 7×7, 3×3 blindfolded, 3×3 Fewest Moves, Square-1
0.48s
closest final — 2×2, Bence Barát over Dániel Varga
42
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Bence Barát9.0010.21
2×2Bence Barát2.513.59
4×4Bence Barát34.0537.72
5×5Bence Barát1:06.401:15.25
6×6Bence Barát2:07.222:18.04
7×7Bence Barát3:05.993:10.00
3×3 blindfoldedBence Barát1:14.73
3×3 Fewest MovesBence Barát26 moves
3×3 one-handedDániel Varga16.2319.10
MegaminxMatic Omulec46.6648.45
PyraminxDušan Zakelšek3.705.74
SkewbMatic Omulec5.135.83
Square-1Bence Barát16.1317.19
3×3 with feetMatic Omulec1:33.011:49.39

The PB harvest

42 set · 7 still standing

First-timers

16 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

8 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

36 competitors · 264 results · 14 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 10.21 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

36 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.