Competitions · Poland

Goats of Cubing 2023

Kędzierzyn-Koźle · 16 September 2023 · 8 events · 78 competitors · 108 personal bests

Tomasz Pietruszka won three of the eight events (2×2, 4×4, 5×5) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Tomasz Pietruszka by 0.10 seconds. 78 competitors produced 108 personal bests, 28 of which still stand today, and 16 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Adam Malicki took a 2×2 single of 6.62 down to 2.82, 57 percent better in one day.

Three wins

Tomasz Pietruszka — 2×2, 4×4, 5×5

0.10s

closest final — 2×2, Tomasz Pietruszka over Igor Gładysz

108

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Adam Chodyniecki	6.22	7.01
2×2	Tomasz Pietruszka	1.19	1.51
4×4	Tomasz Pietruszka	25.91	29.04
5×5	Tomasz Pietruszka	52.59	55.74
3×3 blindfolded	Dominik Kobinski	22.02	—
3×3 one-handed	Karol Zakrzewski	10.62	12.60
Clock	Marcel Politowicz	3.86	4.42
Megaminx	Jan Zych	33.31	35.58

The PB harvest

108 set · 28 still standing

Maciej Skowroński — Megaminx single 38.30: into the top 1.2% of the event's history.
Szymon Bielański — 2×2 single 2.64: into the top 10.3% of the event's history.
Szymon Byczkowski — 3×3 single 11.39: into the top 11.8% of the event's history.
Adam Malicki — 2×2 single 2.82: into the top 12.2% of the event's history.
Szymon Byczkowski — 2×2 single 3.00: into the top 14.2% of the event's history.
Tomasz Kaczorowski — 4×4 single 43.11: into the top 15.9% of the event's history.
Franciszek Toborowicz — 3×3 single 12.66: into the top 16.2% of the event's history.
Joanna Hołdakowska — 5×5 single 1:16.89: into the top 16.7% of the event's history.

First-timers

16 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

No national, continental or world records were set at this competition. That is true of most competitions.

The field

78 competitors · 585 results · 8 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. Adam Chodyniecki won it with a 7.01 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

78 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.