Competitions · Greece

Salonica Autumn Open 2023

Thessaloniki · 14 October 2023 · 9 events · 112 competitors · 180 personal bests

Vasilis Prigkos won two of the nine events (3×3, 4×4) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Konstantinos Topouzidis by 0.09 seconds. 112 competitors produced 180 personal bests, 56 of which still stand today, and 29 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Panayiotis Isaia set the 3×3 single national record: 6.92.

Two wins

Vasilis Prigkos — 3×3, 4×4

0.09s

closest final — 2×2, Konstantinos Topouzidis over Vasilis Prigkos

180

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Vasilis Prigkos	6.75	7.70
2×2	Konstantinos Topouzidis	2.39	2.78
4×4	Vasilis Prigkos	29.60	34.43
5×5	Mihnea Andrei Panţu	58.91	1:10.70
6×6	Mihnea Andrei Panţu	1:46.80	1:58.93
3×3 blindfolded	Thodoris Iatrou	44.12	—
Clock	Panagiotis Christopoulos	5.45	6.51
Pyraminx	Nikolaos Koutsivos (Νικόλαος Κουτσιβός)	2.94	4.12
Square-1	Giorgos Exarchos	11.60	14.05

The PB harvest

180 set · 56 still standing

Vasilis Prigkos — 3×3 single 4.92: into the top 0.1% of the event's history.
Vasilis Prigkos — 2×2 single 1.11: into the top 0.79% of the event's history.
Panayiotis Isaia — 3×3 single 6.92: into the top 1.2% of the event's history.
Alexandros Kalaitzis — 3×3 single 8.41: into the top 3.6% of the event's history.
Giorgos Exarchos — 2×2 single 1.88: into the top 4.0% of the event's history.
Nikolas Papangelopoulos — Pyraminx single 3.11: into the top 4.0% of the event's history.
Konstantinos Topouzidis — Pyraminx single 3.31: into the top 4.7% of the event's history.
Alexandra-Elena Minea — Pyraminx single 3.39: into the top 5.0% of the event's history.

First-timers

29 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

7 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

112 competitors · 752 results · 9 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. Vasilis Prigkos won it with a 7.70 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

112 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.