Competitions · Poland

Kaskada Open 2016

Szczecin · 20 February 2016 · 8 events · 69 competitors · 53 personal bests

Michał Pleskowicz won three of the eight events (3×3, 2×2, 3×3 one-handed) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Michał Pleskowicz by 0.27 seconds. 69 competitors produced 53 personal bests, 18 of which still stand today, and 16 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A continental record

Michał Pleskowicz set the 3×3 one-handed average continental record: 11.43.

Three wins

Michał Pleskowicz — 3×3, 2×2, 3×3 one-handed

0.27s

closest final — 3×3, Michał Pleskowicz over Przemysław Kaleta

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Michał Pleskowicz	7.15	8.53
2×2	Michał Pleskowicz	1.89	2.53
4×4	Wojciech Knott	29.58	33.28
5×5	Michał Halczuk	57.60	1:04.19
3×3 blindfolded	Marcin Kowalczyk	26.48	—
3×3 one-handed	Michał Pleskowicz	8.99	11.43
Pyraminx	Willi Mickein	3.42	4.69
3×3 with feet	Jakub Kipa	31.33	34.44

The PB harvest

53 set · 18 still standing

Filip Pasławski — 2×2 single 1.86: into the top 3.9% of the event's history.
Daniel Chudecki — Pyraminx single 3.11: into the top 4.0% of the event's history.
Daniel Chudecki — 2×2 single 2.23: into the top 6.5% of the event's history.
Monika Gondorowicz — 3×3 single 11.76: into the top 13.1% of the event's history.
Radosław Strugała — 3×3 single 12.25: into the top 14.8% of the event's history.
Monika Gondorowicz — 3×3 one-handed single 19.06: into the top 18.0% of the event's history.
Jakub Godlewski — 3×3 single 13.39: into the top 18.8% of the event's history.
Mateusz Fydrych — 5×5 single 1:24.49: into the top 22.8% of the event's history.

First-timers

16 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

1 regional record was set at this competition.

The field

69 competitors · 429 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. Michał Pleskowicz won it with a 8.53 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

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.