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Competitions · Hungary

Budapest Summer 2023

Budapest · 3 June 2023 · 15 events · 79 competitors · 135 personal bests

Ciarán Beahan won four of the 15 events (4×4, 5×5, 6×6) and the closest final was the Skewb, won by Bence Kiácz by 0.03 seconds. 79 competitors produced 135 personal bests, 29 of which still stand today, and eleven people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Thomas Strasser set the 3×3 blindfolded single national record: 35.47.

Four wins
Ciarán Beahan — 4×4, 5×5, 6×6, 7×7
0.03s
closest final — Skewb, Bence Kiácz over Szabolcs Szántai
135
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Alexey Tsvetkov5.757.09
2×2Alexey Tsvetkov1.541.62
4×4Ciarán Beahan24.7725.88
5×5Ciarán Beahan39.0246.20
6×6Ciarán Beahan1:16.801:21.28
7×7Ciarán Beahan1:54.782:11.18
3×3 blindfoldedBálint Csengő22.6829.47
3×3 one-handedKristóf Veres10.5611.58
ClockJakov Srečković5.145.99
MegaminxGergely Novotni34.1741.87
PyraminxAlexey Tsvetkov1.352.56
SkewbBence Kiácz2.162.91
Square-1Szabolcs Szántai8.649.99
4×4 blindfoldedBálint Csengő2:59.663:04.38
5×5 blindfoldedBálint Csengő8:47.66—

The PB harvest

135 set · 29 still standing
  • Soma Török — Pyraminx single 2.37: into the top 1.9% of the event's history.
  • Maxim Pürstinger — Skewb single 2.37: into the top 2.4% of the event's history.
  • Patrik Andó — 2×2 single 1.67: into the top 2.9% of the event's history.
  • Tamás Marsi — 3×3 single 8.18: into the top 3.1% of the event's history.
  • Mihály Horváth — Pyraminx single 2.87: into the top 3.2% of the event's history.
  • Simon Praschl — Skewb single 2.61: into the top 3.3% of the event's history.
  • Ádám Hidvégi — 3×3 single 8.55: into the top 3.8% of the event's history.
  • László Orczy — 2×2 single 2.08: into the top 5.3% of the event's history.

First-timers

Eleven 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

9 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

79 competitors · 776 results · 15 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. Alexey Tsvetkov won it with a 7.09 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

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.