Competitions · Czech Republic

Prague Open 2023

Prague · 17 June 2023 · 10 events · 79 competitors · 156 personal bests

Tomáš Nguyen won three of the ten events (2×2, 5×5, Pyraminx) and the closest final was the Pyraminx, won by Tomáš Nguyen by 0.02 seconds. 79 competitors produced 156 personal bests, 37 of which still stand today, and twelve people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Adam Hlavín set the Megaminx average national record: 47.19.

Three wins

Tomáš Nguyen — 2×2, 5×5, Pyraminx

0.02s

closest final — Pyraminx, Tomáš Nguyen over Martin Škrle

156

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Noah Kraft	7.88	8.22
2×2	Tomáš Nguyen	1.68	2.09
4×4	Jindřich Heissiger	32.21	34.39
5×5	Tomáš Nguyen	57.28	1:05.11
3×3 blindfolded	Noah Kraft	31.63	—
3×3 one-handed	Jonas Pilhöfer	10.03	12.32
Megaminx	Maksym Oliynyk	42.52	45.41
Pyraminx	Tomáš Nguyen	2.13	3.74
Skewb	Vojtěch Kundera	2.20	2.97
Square-1	Anonymous	6.81	7.63

The PB harvest

156 set · 37 still standing

Jan Riedl — 2×2 single 1.09: into the top 0.75% of the event's history.
Antonín Kirschner — 2×2 single 1.29: into the top 1.3% of the event's history.
Tomáš Ferkl — 2×2 single 1.43: into the top 1.9% of the event's history.
Gregor Kalický — 2×2 single 1.45: into the top 1.9% of the event's history.
Conan Mo — 3×3 single 7.95: into the top 2.7% of the event's history.
David Slabý — 2×2 single 1.97: into the top 4.5% of the event's history.
Liam Wadek — 4×4 single 32.67: into the top 4.7% of the event's history.
Tadeáš Týc — 2×2 single 2.17: into the top 6.0% of the event's history.

First-timers

Twelve people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 37,591 people who made their debut in 2023. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

2 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

79 competitors · 779 results · 10 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. Noah Kraft won it with a 8.22 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

79 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.