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Budapest Back to School 2023

Budapest · 2 September 2023 · 13 events · 79 competitors · 128 personal bests

Bálint Csengő won four of the 13 events (4×4, 5×5, 6×6) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Roy Tamir by 0.23 seconds. 79 competitors produced 128 personal bests, 32 of which still stand today, and ten people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Bálint Csengő set the 3×3 blindfolded single national record: 20.29.

Four wins
Bálint Csengő — 4×4, 5×5, 6×6, 3×3 blindfolded
0.23s
closest final — 2×2, Roy Tamir over András Orbán
128
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Róbert Maróti7.507.65
2×2Roy Tamir1.522.00
4×4Bálint Csengő25.5427.49
5×5Bálint Csengő50.9156.29
6×6Bálint Csengő1:39.441:47.28
7×7Bence Barát2:36.632:39.04
3×3 blindfoldedBálint Csengő20.29—
3×3 one-handedÁbris Galler10.3811.27
ClockBenedek Szepesi-Réder3.374.94
MegaminxRoy Tamir48.7053.10
PyraminxBence Pető2.332.90
SkewbBence Kiácz1.832.79
Square-1Szabolcs Szántai8.9310.41

The PB harvest

128 set · 32 still standing
  • Tamás Fazekas — 2×2 single 1.51: into the top 2.2% of the event's history.
  • Tamás Fazekas — 3×3 one-handed single 12.28: into the top 3.4% of the event's history.
  • Tamás Fazekas — 3×3 single 9.10: into the top 5.1% of the event's history.
  • Maxim Pürstinger — 3×3 one-handed single 14.17: into the top 6.4% of the event's history.
  • Tamás Fazekas — 4×4 single 35.01: into the top 6.7% of the event's history.
  • Ágoston Török — 3×3 single 10.11: into the top 7.8% of the event's history.
  • Botond Benedek — 3×3 one-handed single 15.54: into the top 9.2% of the event's history.
  • Tamás Marsi — 4×4 single 40.78: into the top 13.0% of the event's history.

First-timers

Ten 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

3 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

79 competitors · 839 results · 13 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. Róbert Maróti won it with a 7.65 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

79 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.