Competitions · Poland

Polish Nationals 2014

Zawiercie · 31 May 2014 · 18 events · 218 competitors · 372 personal bests

Michał Halczuk won three of the 18 events (5×5, 6×6, 7×7) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Jakub Wolniewicz by 0.15 seconds. 218 competitors produced 372 personal bests, 116 of which still stand today, and 24 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A world record

Grzegorz Jałocha set the 4×4 blindfolded average world record: 2:57.81.

Three wins

Michał Halczuk — 5×5, 6×6, 7×7

0.15s

closest final — 2×2, Jakub Wolniewicz over Michał Pleskowicz

372

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Jakub Kipa	8.01	9.77
2×2	Jakub Wolniewicz	1.81	2.44
4×4	Wojciech Knott	33.19	36.78
5×5	Michał Halczuk	1:03.97	1:15.36
6×6	Michał Halczuk	2:13.91	2:15.41
7×7	Michał Halczuk	2:50.21	3:04.54
3×3 blindfolded	Marcin Zalewski	27.36	—
3×3 Fewest Moves	Olivér Perge	31 moves	—
3×3 one-handed	Michał Pleskowicz	10.12	12.57
Clock	Wojciech Włodarczyk	7.42	8.37
Megaminx	Michał Pleskowicz	57.35	1:01.04
Pyraminx	Jakub Wolniewicz	3.01	3.80
Skewb	Jonatan Kłosko	4.48	5.19
Square-1	Piotr Michał Padlewski	14.69	16.52
4×4 blindfolded	Grzegorz Jałocha	2:41.30	2:57.81
5×5 blindfolded	Tomasz Tokarski	—	—
3×3 Multi-Blind	Marcin Kowalczyk	30 of 32 cubes · 52:50	—
3×3 with feet	Jakub Kipa	29.36	32.98

The PB harvest

372 set · 116 still standing

Krzysztof Rożałowski — 3×3 single 7.21: into the top 1.6% of the event's history.
Daniel Jamrużka — 3×3 single 8.25: into the top 3.2% of the event's history.
Dominik Kauczor — 2×2 single 2.30: into the top 7.0% of the event's history.
Dominik Pasztetnik — 2×2 single 2.40: into the top 8.0% of the event's history.
Marcin Mroskowiak — Skewb single 4.08: into the top 11.4% of the event's history.
Grzegorz Nazencew — 2×2 single 2.75: into the top 11.5% of the event's history.
Maksymilian Osiowski — 2×2 single 2.88: into the top 12.9% of the event's history.
Kuba Winiarski — 3×3 single 12.54: into the top 15.8% of the event's history.

First-timers

24 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

3 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

218 competitors · 1554 results · 18 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. Jakub Kipa won it with a 9.77 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

218 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.