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Borovany End of Summer 2023

Borovany · 2 September 2023 · 9 events · 60 competitors · 107 personal bests

Thomas Strasser won five of the nine events (3×3, 4×4, 3×3 blindfolded) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Thomas Strasser by 0.53 seconds. 60 competitors produced 107 personal bests, 26 of which still stand today, and 14 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Tomáš Nguyen set the 2×2 single national record: 0.96.

Five wins
Thomas Strasser — 3×3, 4×4, 3×3 blindfolded, 4×4 blindfolded, 5×5 blindfolded
0.53s
closest final — 3×3, Thomas Strasser over Adam Kořínek
107
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Thomas Strasser5.817.64
2×2Alwin Federsel0.881.68
4×4Thomas Strasser27.9029.98
5×5Jindřich Heissiger56.691:00.38
3×3 blindfoldedThomas Strasser26.0431.64
3×3 Fewest MovesJan Riedl28 moves30.00
Square-1Anonymous7.499.00
4×4 blindfoldedThomas Strasser1:58.74
5×5 blindfoldedThomas Strasser4:41.56

The PB harvest

107 set · 26 still standing
  • Matěj Mužátko — 2×2 single 0.78: into the top 0.21% of the event's history.
  • Martin Kilbergr — 2×2 single 0.92: into the top 0.41% of the event's history.
  • Tomáš Nguyen — 2×2 single 0.96: into the top 0.48% of the event's history.
  • Adam Hlavín — 2×2 single 1.28: into the top 1.3% of the event's history.
  • Anonymous — 2×2 single 1.41: into the top 1.8% of the event's history.
  • Jan Thomas — 2×2 single 1.48: into the top 2.1% of the event's history.
  • Tino Joksch — 3×3 single 7.78: into the top 2.4% of the event's history.
  • Florian Hainbucher — 3×3 single 8.47: into the top 3.7% of the event's history.

First-timers

14 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

11 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

60 competitors · 491 results · 9 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. Thomas Strasser won it with a 7.64 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

60 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.