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Montenegro Open 2019

Podgorica · 9 February 2019 · 10 events · 33 competitors · 46 personal bests

Reto Bubendorf won five of the ten events (3×3, 2×2, 4×4) and the closest final was the Skewb, won by Gjorgji Cheshmedjievski by 0.03 seconds. 33 competitors produced 46 personal bests, 18 of which still stand today, and 17 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Gjorgji Cheshmedjievski set the Square-1 single national record: 27.90.

Five wins
Reto Bubendorf — 3×3, 2×2, 4×4, 5×5, 3×3 one-handed
0.03s
closest final — Skewb, Gjorgji Cheshmedjievski over Reto Bubendorf
46
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Reto Bubendorf7.739.13
2×2Reto Bubendorf1.792.20
4×4Reto Bubendorf34.2538.12
5×5Reto Bubendorf1:13.901:23.86
3×3 blindfoldedTobias Peter43.971:15.15
3×3 one-handedReto Bubendorf16.3317.12
MegaminxTobias Peter57.071:03.33
PyraminxTobias Peter4.014.33
SkewbGjorgji Cheshmedjievski5.206.22
Square-1Tobias Peter10.2917.09

The PB harvest

46 set · 18 still standing
  • Tobias Peter — Square-1 single 10.29: into the top 6.6% of the event's history.
  • Anđela Zečević — Pyraminx single 4.72: into the top 11.5% of the event's history.
  • Božidar Kapetanov — 3×3 single 13.21: into the top 18.2% of the event's history.
  • Janko Gašić — 2×2 single 3.38: into the top 18.7% of the event's history.
  • Artemiy Zelenin — Pyraminx single 6.74: into the top 25.7% of the event's history.
  • Slaven Vuković — Pyraminx single 7.41: into the top 31.2% of the event's history.
  • Luka Pantović — Pyraminx single 7.82: into the top 34.7% of the event's history.
  • David Pantović — 4×4 single 1:00.96: into the top 37.5% of the event's history.

First-timers

17 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 27,871 people who made their debut in 2019. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

19 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

33 competitors · 270 results · 10 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. Reto Bubendorf won it with a 9.13 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

33 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.