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Olsztyn Squared 2024

Olsztyn · 16 November 2024 · 7 events · 44 competitors · 30 personal bests

Piotr Olszewski won three of the seven events (5×5, 6×6, Pyraminx) and the closest final was the Pyraminx, won by Piotr Olszewski by 0.05 seconds. 44 competitors produced 30 personal bests, 11 of which still stand today, and three people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Gracjan Paciorkowski took a 3×3 blindfolded single of 3:26.55 down to 1:21.43, 61 percent better in one day.

Three wins
Piotr Olszewski — 5×5, 6×6, Pyraminx
0.05s
closest final — Pyraminx, Piotr Olszewski over Dawid Wójcik
30
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Krzysztof Bloch6.707.74
2×2Mateusz Otto1.181.90
5×5Piotr Olszewski56.071:04.11
6×6Piotr Olszewski1:47.351:56.65
3×3 blindfoldedKrzysztof Bober17.77
PyraminxPiotr Olszewski1.582.29
Square-1Michał Krasowski5.916.24

The PB harvest

30 set · 11 still standing

First-timers

Three people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 32,954 people who made their debut in 2024. 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

44 competitors · 277 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. Krzysztof Bloch won it with a 7.74 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

44 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.