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Greece New Year 2019

Piraeus · 19 January 2019 · 10 events · 69 competitors · 86 personal bests

Richard Tola won three of the ten events (3×3, 4×4, 5×5) and the closest final was the 3×3 one-handed, won by Panos Gkotsis by 0.05 seconds. 69 competitors produced 86 personal bests, 32 of which still stand today, and 31 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Michael Eleftheriades set the 4×4 single national record: 40.12.

Three wins
Richard Tola — 3×3, 4×4, 5×5
0.05s
closest final — 3×3 one-handed, Panos Gkotsis over Nikolas Vlassopoulos
86
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Richard Tola8.9410.47
2×2Panos Gkotsis2.053.24
4×4Richard Tola41.7943.14
5×5Richard Tola1:11.371:22.91
3×3 blindfoldedLazaros Ioakimidis4:09.95—
3×3 one-handedPanos Gkotsis18.7919.70
MegaminxPanos Gkotsis1:16.061:22.87
PyraminxThanasis Kotsalis3.505.34
SkewbTaxiarchis Vaxevanis3.677.32
Square-1Alkinoos Matrakas19.7625.55

The PB harvest

86 set · 32 still standing
  • Panos Gkotsis — 3×3 single 7.72: into the top 2.3% of the event's history.
  • Panos Gkotsis — 3×3 one-handed single 14.26: into the top 6.6% of the event's history.
  • Dionisios Theologis — 2×2 single 2.55: into the top 9.4% of the event's history.
  • Aristos Papamihail — 3×3 single 11.43: into the top 11.9% of the event's history.
  • Sotiria Mountzouri — 3×3 single 12.24: into the top 14.7% of the event's history.
  • John Chortis — 3×3 single 13.24: into the top 18.3% of the event's history.
  • Jesús Cuenca Martínez — 3×3 single 15.04: into the top 24.6% of the event's history.
  • Ioannis Ntzamaras — Pyraminx single 6.90: into the top 27.1% of the event's history.

First-timers

31 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 27,871 people who made their debut in 2019. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

4 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

69 competitors · 377 results · 10 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. Richard Tola won it with a 10.47 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

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.