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Macedonia Open 2023

Skopje · 6 May 2023 · 8 events · 59 competitors · 77 personal bests

Lir Ukaj won four of the eight events (3×3, 2×2, 4×4) and the closest final was the Pyraminx, won by Gjorgji Cheshmedjievski by 0.44 seconds. 59 competitors produced 77 personal bests, 60 of which still stand today, and 17 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Thomas Mako set the 3×3 single national record: 9.28.

Four wins
Lir Ukaj — 3×3, 2×2, 4×4, 5×5
0.44s
closest final — Pyraminx, Gjorgji Cheshmedjievski over Lir Ukaj
77
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Lir Ukaj6.977.26
2×2Lir Ukaj2.292.83
4×4Lir Ukaj30.9733.43
5×5Lir Ukaj54.111:09.57
3×3 blindfoldedBiant Shkololli40.58—
3×3 one-handedMatej Marčok11.3113.47
PyraminxGjorgji Cheshmedjievski3.274.70
SkewbGjorgji Cheshmedjievski4.274.57

The PB harvest

77 set · 60 still standing
  • Leon Axhemi — 3×3 single 7.92: into the top 2.6% of the event's history.
  • Marko Trpkovski — 3×3 single 8.00: into the top 2.8% of the event's history.
  • Nikola Nichovski — 3×3 single 9.57: into the top 6.3% of the event's history.
  • Darijan Saravinov — 3×3 one-handed single 14.53: into the top 7.1% of the event's history.
  • Lir Ukaj — Skewb single 3.52: into the top 7.9% of the event's history.
  • Nikola Nichovski — Pyraminx single 4.08: into the top 8.1% of the event's history.
  • Mateo Minoski — 3×3 one-handed single 15.13: into the top 8.4% of the event's history.
  • Diana Kostadinova — Pyraminx single 4.38: into the top 9.6% of the event's history.

First-timers

17 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

11 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

59 competitors · 308 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. Lir Ukaj won it with a 7.26 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

59 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.