Competitions · Cyprus

Cyprus Championship 2022

Limassol · 24 September 2022 · 7 events · 71 competitors · 61 personal bests

Ben Baron won five of the seven events (3×3, 4×4, 3×3 blindfolded) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Panayiotis Isaia by 0.02 seconds. 71 competitors produced 61 personal bests, 22 of which still stand today, and 38 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Michael Eleftheriades set the 3×3 single national record: 7.86.

Five wins

Ben Baron — 3×3, 4×4, 3×3 blindfolded, Megaminx, Pyraminx

0.02s

closest final — 2×2, Panayiotis Isaia over Ben Baron

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Ben Baron	5.36	6.18
2×2	Panayiotis Isaia	2.44	3.06
4×4	Ben Baron	27.36	32.26
3×3 blindfolded	Ben Baron	32.00	—
Megaminx	Ben Baron	41.18	43.27
Pyraminx	Ben Baron	2.17	3.57
Skewb	Helmer Ewert	4.26	4.82

The PB harvest

61 set · 22 still standing

Roy Tamir — 3×3 single 6.15: into the top 0.58% of the event's history.
Constantinos Fourlas — 3×3 single 8.55: into the top 3.8% of the event's history.
Rafail Chimaris — Pyraminx single 4.67: into the top 11.2% of the event's history.
Iasonas Konstantinos Vlachos — 2×2 single 3.05: into the top 14.8% of the event's history.
Panayiotis Louca — Pyraminx single 5.68: into the top 17.6% of the event's history.
Marian Ivanov Spasov — 3×3 single 14.33: into the top 22.1% of the event's history.
Orestis Souzou — 3×3 single 14.87: into the top 24.0% of the event's history.
Valandis Michael — Pyraminx single 7.32: into the top 30.5% of the event's history.

First-timers

38 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 26,245 people who made their debut in 2022. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

7 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

71 competitors · 354 results · 7 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. Ben Baron won it with a 6.18 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

71 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.