Competitions · Czech Republic

European Rubik's Cube Championship 2016

Prague · 15 July 2016 · 18 events · 500 competitors · 753 personal bests

Feliks Zemdegs won six of the 18 events (3×3, 5×5, 6×6) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Maciej Czapiewski by 0.19 seconds. 500 competitors produced 753 personal bests, 131 of which still stand today, and 32 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A world record

Feliks Zemdegs set the 7×7 single world record: 2:20.66.

Six wins

Feliks Zemdegs — 3×3, 5×5, 6×6, 7×7, 3×3 one-handed, Megaminx

0.19s

closest final — 2×2, Maciej Czapiewski over Jayden McNeill

753

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Feliks Zemdegs	6.34	7.07
2×2	Maciej Czapiewski	1.45	1.93
4×4	Sebastian Weyer	27.09	28.04
5×5	Feliks Zemdegs	46.01	49.64
6×6	Feliks Zemdegs	1:38.29	1:43.21
7×7	Feliks Zemdegs	2:34.76	2:41.27
3×3 blindfolded	Jong-Ho Jeong (정종호)	28.83	36.73
3×3 Fewest Moves	Jan Bentlage	23 moves	25.33
3×3 one-handed	Feliks Zemdegs	9.54	10.70
Clock	Wojciech Knott	5.44	5.80
Megaminx	Feliks Zemdegs	39.04	43.02
Pyraminx	Jules Desjardin	2.52	3.67
Skewb	Michał Rzewuski	2.09	2.99
Square-1	Emanuel Rheinert	9.50	10.97
4×4 blindfolded	Roman Strakhov	2:38.90	—
5×5 blindfolded	Roman Strakhov	6:14.89	—
3×3 Multi-Blind	Oleg Gritsenko	19 of 20 cubes · 54:34	—
3×3 with feet	Jakub Kipa	31.22	33.66

The PB harvest

753 set · 131 still standing

Ivan Vynnyk (Іван Винник) — 3×3 single 5.86: into the top 0.41% of the event's history.
Miłosz Gdula — Pyraminx single 2.22: into the top 1.5% of the event's history.
Jakub Wojtaszewski — 2×2 single 1.66: into the top 2.9% of the event's history.
Martin Mothe — Pyraminx single 2.80: into the top 3.0% of the event's history.
Rasmus Andersson — 2×2 single 1.80: into the top 3.6% of the event's history.
Adam Bartůšek — Skewb single 2.93: into the top 4.7% of the event's history.
Matúš Buffa — 2×2 single 2.30: into the top 7.0% of the event's history.
Patryk Szewczyk — 2×2 single 2.36: into the top 7.6% of the event's history.

First-timers

32 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 17,946 people who made their debut in 2016. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

115 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

500 competitors · 4227 results · 18 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. Feliks Zemdegs won it with a 7.07 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

500 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.