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Bratislava Open 2014

Bratislava · 8 November 2014 · 10 events · 40 competitors · 86 personal bests

Hunor Bózsing won four of the ten events (3×3, 4×4, 5×5) and the closest final was the Clock, won by Niki Placskó by 0.11 seconds. 40 competitors produced 86 personal bests, 13 of which still stand today, and four people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Nikolas Márkus set the Clock single national record: 11.18.

Four wins
Hunor Bózsing — 3×3, 4×4, 5×5, 3×3 one-handed
0.11s
closest final — Clock, Niki Placskó over Jakob Kogler
86
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Hunor Bózsing8.279.87
2×2Bence Barát2.462.82
4×4Hunor Bózsing33.3139.88
5×5Hunor Bózsing1:06.721:10.83
6×6Bence Barát2:11.772:17.43
7×7Bence Barát2:56.213:01.58
3×3 blindfoldedBence Barát53.42
3×3 Fewest MovesOlivér Perge28 moves31.33
3×3 one-handedHunor Bózsing15.0215.49
ClockNiki Placskó8.009.10

The PB harvest

86 set · 13 still standing
  • Nikolas Márkus — 2×2 single 2.26: into the top 6.7% of the event's history.
  • Balázs Máté — 2×2 single 2.27: into the top 6.8% of the event's history.
  • Pavel Černý — 2×2 single 2.71: into the top 11.0% of the event's history.
  • Dávid Andrási — 2×2 single 3.30: into the top 17.8% of the event's history.
  • Dávid Andrási — 3×3 single 15.54: into the top 26.2% of the event's history.
  • Nikolas Márkus — 3×3 Fewest Moves single 39 moves: into the top 44.7% of the event's history.
  • Dániel Hajzer — 3×3 single 23.71: into the top 49.6% of the event's history.
  • Jan Valošek — 2×2 single 5.94: into the top 50.3% of the event's history.

First-timers

Four people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 9,275 people who made their debut in 2014. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

14 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

40 competitors · 371 results · 10 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. Hunor Bózsing won it with a 9.87 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

40 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.