Competitions · Cyprus

Cyprus Winter Cup 2023

Limassol · 25 February 2023 · 7 events · 69 competitors · 96 personal bests

Ben Baron won six of the seven events (3×3, 2×2, 5×5) and the closest final was the Clock, won by Patrick Drew Dwyer by 0.25 seconds. 69 competitors produced 96 personal bests, 35 of which still stand today, and 21 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Panayiotis Isaia set the 3×3 single national record: 6.94.

Six wins

Ben Baron — 3×3, 2×2, 5×5, 3×3 one-handed, Pyraminx, Skewb

0.25s

closest final — Clock, Patrick Drew Dwyer over Niv Doron

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Ben Baron	6.67	7.66
2×2	Ben Baron	1.07	2.36
5×5	Ben Baron	52.82	59.45
3×3 one-handed	Ben Baron	9.39	11.59
Clock	Patrick Drew Dwyer	5.91	7.85
Pyraminx	Ben Baron	1.81	3.13
Skewb	Ben Baron	3.37	4.25

The PB harvest

96 set · 35 still standing

Spyridon Protopapas — 3×3 single 7.67: into the top 2.2% of the event's history.
Spyridon Protopapas — 2×2 single 2.40: into the top 8.0% of the event's history.
Tim Lugtigheid — 3×3 single 10.20: into the top 8.0% of the event's history.
Constantinos Fourlas — 2×2 single 2.42: into the top 8.1% of the event's history.
Rafail Chimaris — 3×3 single 11.54: into the top 12.3% of the event's history.
Michalis Papakyriakou — Skewb single 4.47: into the top 14.2% of the event's history.
Thanasis Moschos — 3×3 single 13.00: into the top 17.4% of the event's history.
David Vasiliou — 3×3 single 13.49: into the top 19.2% of the event's history.

First-timers

21 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

6 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

69 competitors · 384 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 7.66 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

69 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.