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Kosovo Open 2023

Prishtina · 25 June 2023 · 7 events · 25 competitors · 32 personal bests

Lir Ukaj won four of the seven events (3×3, 2×2, 4×4) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Lir Ukaj by 0.53 seconds. 25 competitors produced 32 personal bests, 20 of which still stand today, and six people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Thomas Mako set the 3×3 single national record: 8.90.

Four wins
Lir Ukaj — 3×3, 2×2, 4×4, 3×3 one-handed
0.53s
closest final — 2×2, Lir Ukaj over Gjorgji Cheshmedjievski
32
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Lir Ukaj6.066.61
2×2Lir Ukaj2.703.15
4×4Lir Ukaj27.3631.27
3×3 blindfoldedBiant Shkololli32.57
3×3 one-handedLir Ukaj14.0816.32
PyraminxGjorgji Cheshmedjievski3.685.93
SkewbGjorgji Cheshmedjievski4.284.76

The PB harvest

32 set · 20 still standing
  • Lir Ukaj — 3×3 one-handed single 10.89: into the top 1.7% of the event's history.
  • Jovan Dimitrovski — 2×2 single 2.10: into the top 5.4% of the event's history.
  • Darijan Saravinov — 3×3 single 9.39: into the top 5.8% of the event's history.
  • Aleksandar Arsovski — 3×3 single 10.21: into the top 8.1% of the event's history.
  • Darijan Saravinov — 4×4 single 37.17: into the top 8.9% of the event's history.
  • Darijan Saravinov — Pyraminx single 4.62: into the top 10.9% of the event's history.
  • Darijan Saravinov — 2×2 single 2.70: into the top 10.9% of the event's history.
  • Jovan Dimitrovski — Pyraminx single 5.64: into the top 17.4% of the event's history.

First-timers

Six 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

10 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

25 competitors · 165 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. Lir Ukaj won it with a 6.61 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

25 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.