Competitions · Greece

Larissa Spring Open 2023

Larissa · 6 May 2023 · 8 events · 116 competitors · 100 personal bests

Zois Lefkidis won two of the eight events (4×4, 5×5) and the closest final was the 4×4, won by Zois Lefkidis by 0.19 seconds. 116 competitors produced 100 personal bests, 19 of which still stand today, and 61 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Michael Eleftheriades set the 5×5 single national record: 1:11.82.

Two wins

Zois Lefkidis — 4×4, 5×5

0.19s

closest final — 4×4, Zois Lefkidis over Vasilis Prigkos

100

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Giannis Grigoropoulos	7.16	9.27
2×2	Vasilis Prigkos	2.55	2.91
4×4	Zois Lefkidis	35.77	39.69
5×5	Zois Lefkidis	1:09.50	1:14.27
3×3 blindfolded	Thodoris Iatrou	59.17	1:08.48
Megaminx	Ioannis Papadopoulos	1:04.36	1:06.66
Pyraminx	Nikolas Baxevanis	4.06	5.41
Skewb	Nikolas Baxevanis	2.94	5.39

The PB harvest

100 set · 19 still standing

Pantos Pantos — 3×3 single 9.03: into the top 4.9% of the event's history.
Alexandros Kalaitzis — 2×2 single 2.13: into the top 5.7% of the event's history.
Thodoris Tsoleridis — 3×3 single 9.58: into the top 6.3% of the event's history.
Zois Lefkidis — Skewb single 3.77: into the top 9.4% of the event's history.
Thodoris Tsoleridis — 5×5 single 1:13.18: into the top 13.9% of the event's history.
Thodoris Iatrou — Megaminx single 1:12.05: into the top 16.9% of the event's history.
Theodoros Tsakalos — 4×4 single 46.23: into the top 19.8% of the event's history.
Marios Velissaris — 3×3 single 13.80: into the top 20.3% of the event's history.

First-timers

61 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

2 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

116 competitors · 636 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. Giannis Grigoropoulos won it with a 9.27 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

116 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.