Competitions · Poland

PLS Marina 2014

Gdańsk · 30 August 2014 · 12 events · 52 competitors · 71 personal bests

Przemysław Kaleta won three of the twelve events (4×4, 5×5, 3×3 one-handed) and the closest final was the Skewb, won by Dawid Karczyński by 0.14 seconds. 52 competitors produced 71 personal bests, 20 of which still stand today, and eight people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Tomas Jankauskas set the 4×4 single national record: 44.52.

Three wins

Przemysław Kaleta — 4×4, 5×5, 3×3 one-handed

0.14s

closest final — Skewb, Dawid Karczyński over Przemysław Kaleta

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Tomasz Żołnowski	8.91	10.09
2×2	Jakub Wolniewicz	1.90	2.56
4×4	Przemysław Kaleta	33.33	36.74
5×5	Przemysław Kaleta	1:15.32	1:24.03
3×3 blindfolded	Grzegorz Jałocha	31.18	—
3×3 Fewest Moves	Marcin Stachura	25 moves	31.67
3×3 one-handed	Przemysław Kaleta	12.17	14.93
Clock	Marcin Jakubowski	7.69	8.47
Pyraminx	Jakub Wolniewicz	2.99	4.33
Skewb	Dawid Karczyński	4.25	4.95
4×4 blindfolded	Grzegorz Jałocha	3:39.81	—
5×5 blindfolded	Wojciech Szatanowski	—	—

The PB harvest

71 set · 20 still standing

Marcin Stachura — Pyraminx single 3.37: into the top 5.0% of the event's history.
Maciej Bronk — Skewb single 3.62: into the top 8.4% of the event's history.
Marcin Bloch — 3×3 one-handed single 17.08: into the top 12.8% of the event's history.
Maciej Bronk — Pyraminx single 5.20: into the top 14.4% of the event's history.
Przemysław Kaleta — 3×3 Fewest Moves single 31 moves: into the top 17.4% of the event's history.
Brajan Talarowski — Pyraminx single 5.76: into the top 18.2% of the event's history.
Maksymilian Tachasiuk — 3×3 single 13.86: into the top 20.5% of the event's history.
Bartosz Bździel — 4×4 single 52.44: into the top 27.7% of the event's history.

First-timers

Eight people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 9,275 people who made their debut in 2014. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

5 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

52 competitors · 456 results · 12 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. Tomasz Żołnowski won it with a 10.09 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

52 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.