Competitions · Serbia

Battle for Belgrade 2026

Belgrade · 24 January 2026 · 12 events · 57 competitors · 84 personal bests

Alexey Tsvetkov won seven of the twelve events (3×3, 2×2, 4×4) and the closest final was the Clock, won by Alexey Tsvetkov by 0.33 seconds. 57 competitors produced 84 personal bests, 68 of which still stand today, and six people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Aleksandar D. Siljanoski (Александар Д. Сиљаноски) set the 5×5 average national record: 57.62.

Seven wins

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

0.33s

closest final — Clock, Alexey Tsvetkov over Gregor Mikic

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Alexey Tsvetkov	6.05	6.20
2×2	Alexey Tsvetkov	0.73	1.19
4×4	Alexey Tsvetkov	24.03	29.67
5×5	Aleksandar D. Siljanoski (Александар Д. Сиљаноски)	52.73	58.58
6×6	Aleksa Radovanović	1:56.57	1:58.20
3×3 blindfolded	Ognian Baruh	1:34.11	—
3×3 one-handed	Alexey Tsvetkov	7.84	8.88
Clock	Alexey Tsvetkov	3.76	4.12
Megaminx	Bogdan Čumić	35.25	41.30
Pyraminx	Alexey Tsvetkov	1.16	1.67
Skewb	Alexey Tsvetkov	2.60	2.88
Square-1	Jensen Belen-Brown	11.64	13.04

The PB harvest

84 set · 68 still standing

Jensen Belen-Brown — 3×3 single 6.07: into the top 0.53% of the event's history.
Petar Jeličić — 2×2 single 2.24: into the top 6.5% of the event's history.
Ognian Baruh — Pyraminx single 3.78: into the top 6.6% of the event's history.
Jonatan Petković — 3×3 single 9.75: into the top 6.8% of the event's history.
Nikola Aćimović — 3×3 single 10.01: into the top 7.5% of the event's history.
Lazar Bojanić — 3×3 single 10.16: into the top 7.9% of the event's history.
Liam Zidar — Pyraminx single 4.05: into the top 7.9% of the event's history.
Lav Novakovic — Pyraminx single 4.07: into the top 8.0% of the event's history.

First-timers

Six people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 18,546 people who made their debut in 2026. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

1 regional record was set at this competition.

The field

57 competitors · 501 results · 12 events.

Everyone who competed

57 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.