Competitions · Poland

Santa Claus Cube Race 2015

Dąbrowa Górnicza · 5 December 2015 · 12 events · 171 competitors · 282 personal bests

Jakub Kipa won two of the twelve events (3×3, 3×3 with feet) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Jan Zych by 0.42 seconds. 171 competitors produced 282 personal bests, 104 of which still stand today, and 29 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A world record

Jonatan Kłosko set the Skewb average world record: 2.95.

Two wins

Jakub Kipa — 3×3, 3×3 with feet

0.42s

closest final — 2×2, Jan Zych over Jakub Wolniewicz

282

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Jakub Kipa	8.52	9.34
2×2	Jan Zych	1.67	2.41
4×4	Wojciech Knott	35.07	39.39
5×5	Wojciech Knott	1:10.05	1:15.48
3×3 blindfolded	Witali Bułatow	54.04	58.50
3×3 one-handed	Igor Kowalczyk	12.07	13.41
Clock	Hubert Hanusiak	5.53	6.02
Megaminx	Filip Miazek	49.82	59.34
Pyraminx	Rafał Waryszak	2.86	3.33
Skewb	Jonatan Kłosko	2.51	2.95
4×4 blindfolded	Witali Bułatow	5:40.97	—
3×3 with feet	Jakub Kipa	29.39	30.78

The PB harvest

282 set · 104 still standing

Artur Kristof — 3×3 single 7.27: into the top 1.7% of the event's history.
Jakub Wolniewicz — 2×2 single 1.52: into the top 2.2% of the event's history.
Bartłomiej Zięba — 3×3 single 8.06: into the top 2.9% of the event's history.
Miłosz Gdula — 3×3 single 8.11: into the top 3.0% of the event's history.
Patryk Szewczyk — Skewb single 2.68: into the top 3.5% of the event's history.
Patryk Kozieł — 2×2 single 2.53: into the top 9.2% of the event's history.
Michał Nikiel — 2×2 single 2.64: into the top 10.3% of the event's history.
Paweł Berg — 2×2 single 2.65: into the top 10.4% of the event's history.

First-timers

29 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 12,291 people who made their debut in 2015. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

9 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

171 competitors · 1539 results · 12 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 9.34 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

171 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.