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Lipovljani Newcomer Day 2025

Lipovljani · 16 March 2025 · 4 events · 50 competitors · 29 personal bests

Alexey Tsvetkov won four of the four events (3×3, 2×2, 4×4) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Alexey Tsvetkov by 0.84 seconds. 50 competitors produced 29 personal bests, 13 of which still stand today, and 18 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Duje Janković took a 2×2 single of 19.63 down to 2.97, 85 percent better in one day.

Four wins
Alexey Tsvetkov — 3×3, 2×2, 4×4, Pyraminx
0.84s
closest final — 2×2, Alexey Tsvetkov over Oskar Vidiček
29
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Alexey Tsvetkov5.316.57
2×2Alexey Tsvetkov1.021.33
4×4Alexey Tsvetkov26.6631.32
PyraminxAlexey Tsvetkov1.611.97

The PB harvest

29 set · 13 still standing
  • Vigo Pernar — Pyraminx single 2.99: into the top 3.6% of the event's history.
  • Danijel Bajsić — Pyraminx single 4.81: into the top 12.0% of the event's history.
  • Nikolas Akhapkin — 2×2 single 3.19: into the top 16.5% of the event's history.
  • Luka Ptičar — 2×2 single 3.44: into the top 19.4% of the event's history.
  • Lovro Mlinjarić — 2×2 single 3.64: into the top 21.9% of the event's history.
  • Tomislav Alaber — 3×3 single 21.88: into the top 45.1% of the event's history.
  • Oleksii Kryzhanivskyi — 3×3 single 23.52: into the top 49.2% of the event's history.
  • Filip Beljan — 2×2 single 6.49: into the top 55.9% of the event's history.

First-timers

18 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 28,483 people who made their debut in 2025. 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

50 competitors · 260 results · 4 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. Alexey Tsvetkov won it with a 6.57 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

50 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.