Competitions · Serbia

Battle for Belgrade 2025

Belgrade · 25 January 2025 · 10 events · 55 competitors · 88 personal bests

Alexey Tsvetkov won six of the ten events (3×3, 2×2, 4×4) and the closest final was the 4×4, won by Alexey Tsvetkov by 0.10 seconds. 55 competitors produced 88 personal bests, 42 of which still stand today, and four people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Aleksa Radovanović set the 5×5 single national record: 52.63.

Six wins

Alexey Tsvetkov — 3×3, 2×2, 4×4, 3×3 one-handed, Pyraminx, Skewb

0.10s

closest final — 4×4, Alexey Tsvetkov over Gergely Novotni

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Alexey Tsvetkov	5.41	6.59
2×2	Alexey Tsvetkov	1.10	1.55
4×4	Alexey Tsvetkov	26.16	29.38
5×5	Gergely Novotni	50.32	52.39
6×6	Gergely Novotni	1:30.49	1:40.22
7×7	Gergely Novotni	2:24.66	2:37.39
3×3 one-handed	Alexey Tsvetkov	8.87	9.40
Megaminx	Gergely Novotni	38.06	40.55
Pyraminx	Alexey Tsvetkov	1.61	1.89
Skewb	Alexey Tsvetkov	2.18	2.88

The PB harvest

88 set · 42 still standing

Bogdan Čumić — Megaminx single 34.18: into the top 0.57% of the event's history.
Mihajlo Stamenović — 3×3 single 7.42: into the top 1.9% of the event's history.
Viktor Nedeljković — 2×2 single 1.87: into the top 4.0% of the event's history.
Nikola Lazarevic — 4×4 single 31.79: into the top 4.0% of the event's history.
Aleksandar D. Siljanoski (Александар Д. Сиљаноски) — 6×6 single 1:39.99: into the top 4.1% of the event's history.
Damjan Sredojević — 3×3 single 8.78: into the top 4.4% of the event's history.
Zénó Vitale — 3×3 one-handed single 13.80: into the top 5.7% of the event's history.
Nenad Biščić — Skewb single 3.20: into the top 6.0% of the event's history.

First-timers

Four people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 28,483 people who made their debut in 2025. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

8 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

55 competitors · 541 results · 10 events.

Everyone who competed

55 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.