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Banská Bystrica Open 2023

Banská Bystrica · 22 April 2023 · 11 events · 45 competitors · 81 personal bests

Bálint Csengő won three of the eleven events (4×4, 3×3 one-handed, 4×4 blindfolded) and the closest final was the Pyraminx, won by Jakub Drobný by 0.30 seconds. 45 competitors produced 81 personal bests, 15 of which still stand today, and three people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Szabolcs Szántai set the Skewb single national record: 1.45.

Three wins
Bálint Csengő — 4×4, 3×3 one-handed, 4×4 blindfolded
0.30s
closest final — Pyraminx, Jakub Drobný over Bálint Csengő
81
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Alexey Tsvetkov6.307.62
2×2Alexey Tsvetkov1.051.46
4×4Bálint Csengő28.5631.21
3×3 blindfoldedKrzysztof Bober26.15
3×3 one-handedBálint Csengő11.4913.02
ClockSzymon Grodzki4.124.57
MegaminxJakub Drobný41.3142.97
PyraminxJakub Drobný2.262.71
SkewbSzabolcs Szántai2.362.84
Square-1Szabolcs Szántai7.8010.37
4×4 blindfoldedBálint Csengő2:46.68

The PB harvest

81 set · 15 still standing
  • Jakub Drobný — Skewb single 2.08: into the top 1.6% of the event's history.
  • Bálint Csengő — Skewb single 2.17: into the top 1.8% of the event's history.
  • Bence Kiácz — 3×3 one-handed single 11.75: into the top 2.7% of the event's history.
  • Jakub Lučivjanský — Pyraminx single 5.63: into the top 17.3% of the event's history.
  • Jakub Lučivjanský — 3×3 single 12.99: into the top 17.4% of the event's history.
  • Jakub Lučivjanský — Skewb single 6.21: into the top 27.4% of the event's history.
  • Nicholas Ashford — Square-1 single 21.93: into the top 32.3% of the event's history.
  • Benjamín Marcinčin — Skewb single 6.96: into the top 33.3% of the event's history.

First-timers

Three 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

4 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

45 competitors · 435 results · 11 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. Alexey Tsvetkov won it with a 7.62 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

45 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.