Competitions · Greece

Salonica Open 2024

Thessaloniki · 12 October 2024 · 8 events · 130 competitors · 211 personal bests

Antonie Paterakis won four of the eight events (3×3, 2×2, 4×4) and the closest final was the Square-1, won by Viktor Iankov by 0.24 seconds. 130 competitors produced 211 personal bests, 82 of which still stand today, and 32 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Thomas Mako set the 3×3 single national record: 7.36.

Four wins

Antonie Paterakis — 3×3, 2×2, 4×4, 5×5

0.24s

closest final — Square-1, Viktor Iankov over Gjorgji Cheshmedjievski

211

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Antonie Paterakis	7.10	7.86
2×2	Antonie Paterakis	1.17	1.61
4×4	Antonie Paterakis	28.81	30.81
5×5	Antonie Paterakis	48.23	58.56
Clock	Ioannis Ntalis	4.49	5.02
Pyraminx	Nikolaos Koutsivos (Νικόλαος Κουτσιβός)	1.95	2.63
Skewb	Nikos Kolovos	3.24	3.58
Square-1	Viktor Iankov	13.53	16.07

The PB harvest

211 set · 82 still standing

Ioannis Ntalis — Skewb single 2.26: into the top 2.1% of the event's history.
Nikolas Baxevanis — Skewb single 2.29: into the top 2.2% of the event's history.
Nikolaos Koutsivos (Νικόλαος Κουτσιβός) — Skewb single 2.34: into the top 2.3% of the event's history.
Theofanis Biskitzis — 3×3 single 8.56: into the top 3.9% of the event's history.
Nikolaos Zikos — 2×2 single 2.03: into the top 4.9% of the event's history.
Nikiforos Stamkopoulos — Pyraminx single 3.48: into the top 5.4% of the event's history.
Athanasios Batsaris — 3×3 single 9.27: into the top 5.5% of the event's history.
Dimitris Anastasiadis (Δημήτρης Αναστασιάδης) — 3×3 single 9.36: into the top 5.7% of the event's history.

First-timers

32 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

14 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

130 competitors · 867 results · 8 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. Antonie Paterakis won it with a 7.86 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

130 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.