Competitions · Slovenia

Ponikva Open 2024

Ponikva · 16 March 2024 · 5 events · 133 competitors · 107 personal bests

Alexey Tsvetkov won five of the five events (3×3, 2×2, 4×4) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Alexey Tsvetkov by 0.57 seconds. 133 competitors produced 107 personal bests, 34 of which still stand today, and 55 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Tomaž Saje set the 3×3 one-handed single national record: 11.55.

Five wins

Alexey Tsvetkov — 3×3, 2×2, 4×4, 3×3 one-handed, Pyraminx

0.57s

closest final — 3×3, Alexey Tsvetkov over Zénó Vitale

107

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Alexey Tsvetkov	5.44	6.55
2×2	Alexey Tsvetkov	1.09	1.33
4×4	Alexey Tsvetkov	30.28	33.20
3×3 one-handed	Alexey Tsvetkov	6.94	10.79
Pyraminx	Alexey Tsvetkov	2.02	2.53

The PB harvest

107 set · 34 still standing

Alexey Tsvetkov — 3×3 one-handed single 6.94: into the top 0.064% of the event's history.
Tomaž Saje — 3×3 one-handed single 11.55: into the top 2.4% of the event's history.
Matej Brkić — 3×3 one-handed single 13.50: into the top 5.2% of the event's history.
Erin Pernar — Pyraminx single 3.89: into the top 7.1% of the event's history.
Nemanja Vujnović — 4×4 single 35.98: into the top 7.7% of the event's history.
Darko Zakelšek — 4×4 single 39.94: into the top 12.1% of the event's history.
Loren Mohar — 2×2 single 3.16: into the top 16.1% of the event's history.
Ema Klemen — 3×3 single 12.74: into the top 16.5% of the event's history.

First-timers

55 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

3 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

133 competitors · 617 results · 5 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. Alexey Tsvetkov won it with a 6.55 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

133 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.