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PLS Szczecin 2014

Szczecin · 29 November 2014 · 16 events · 56 competitors · 74 personal bests

Marcin Kowalczyk won three of the 16 events (3×3 blindfolded, 4×4 blindfolded, 3×3 Multi-Blind) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Marcin Bloch by 0.07 seconds. 56 competitors produced 74 personal bests, 30 of which still stand today, and 23 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A world record

Marcin Kowalczyk set the 3×3 blindfolded single world record: 21.17.

Three wins
Marcin Kowalczyk — 3×3 blindfolded, 4×4 blindfolded, 3×3 Multi-Blind
0.07s
closest final — 3×3, Marcin Bloch over Kalina Brzezińska
74
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Marcin Bloch9.8211.85
2×2Marcin Jakubowski3.243.55
4×4Marcin Bloch37.7541.84
5×5Adam Polkowski1:15.891:27.71
6×6Wojciech Szatanowski3:22.283:26.55
7×7Kamil Pawlak4:37.214:43.05
3×3 blindfoldedMarcin Kowalczyk21.1727.51
3×3 one-handedWojciech Szatanowski16.9719.60
ClockEmil Mickein7.348.78
MegaminxKalina Brzezińska1:13.221:19.03
PyraminxFilip Pasławski3.314.02
SkewbFilip Pasławski4.575.25
Square-1Jakub Kubiak21.1323.16
4×4 blindfoldedMarcin Kowalczyk5:38.72—
3×3 Multi-BlindMarcin Kowalczyk34 of 46 cubes · 1:00:00—
3×3 with feetPrzemysław Rogalski1:28.941:36.23

The PB harvest

74 set · 30 still standing
  • Marcin Kowalczyk — 3×3 blindfolded single 21.17: into the top 1.7% of the event's history.
  • Filip Pasławski — 3×3 single 8.23: into the top 3.2% of the event's history.
  • Piotr Brodacki — Pyraminx single 3.25: into the top 4.5% of the event's history.
  • Marcin Bloch — Pyraminx single 3.35: into the top 4.9% of the event's history.
  • Filip Pasławski — Skewb single 3.14: into the top 5.7% of the event's history.
  • Jakub Kubiak — Pyraminx single 4.87: into the top 12.4% of the event's history.
  • Piotr Brodacki — 2×2 single 3.12: into the top 15.6% of the event's history.
  • Michał Mendocha — Pyraminx single 5.59: into the top 17.0% of the event's history.

First-timers

23 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

1 regional record was set at this competition.

The field

56 competitors · 487 results · 16 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. Marcin Bloch won it with a 11.85 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

56 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.