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Santa Claus Cube Race 2016

Dąbrowa Górnicza · 17 December 2016 · 16 events · 178 competitors · 285 personal bests

Michał Rzewuski won three of the 16 events (3×3, 4×4, Skewb) and the closest final was the Pyraminx, won by Piotr Tokarski by 0.08 seconds. 178 competitors produced 285 personal bests, 85 of which still stand today, and 35 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Filip Miazek set the Megaminx average national record: 54.05.

Three wins
Michał Rzewuski — 3×3, 4×4, Skewb
0.08s
closest final — Pyraminx, Piotr Tokarski over Marko Striyeshyn
285
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Michał Rzewuski7.258.00
2×2Maciej Czapiewski1.172.29
4×4Michał Rzewuski30.9934.61
5×5Michał Halczuk57.431:05.29
6×6Michał Halczuk1:49.951:59.69
7×7Michał Halczuk2:51.183:03.89
3×3 blindfoldedWitali Bułatow44.36—
3×3 one-handedKarol Zakrzewski11.8913.24
ClockHubert Hanusiak5.616.25
MegaminxFilip Miazek52.4054.05
PyraminxPiotr Tokarski2.213.24
SkewbMichał Rzewuski2.192.67
Square-1Grzegorz Szumigaj10.7315.18
4×4 blindfoldedWitali Bułatow4:15.584:44.08
5×5 blindfoldedWitali Bułatow10:55.00—
3×3 with feetWojciech Knott34.3636.83

The PB harvest

285 set · 85 still standing
  • Maciej Czapiewski — Pyraminx single 1.78: into the top 0.8% of the event's history.
  • Kacper Gutowski — Pyraminx single 2.61: into the top 2.5% of the event's history.
  • Tomek Bogdanik — Pyraminx single 2.61: into the top 2.5% of the event's history.
  • Grzegorz Szumigaj — Pyraminx single 2.66: into the top 2.6% of the event's history.
  • Maciej Pająk — 3×3 single 8.04: into the top 2.9% of the event's history.
  • Kacper Gałczyk — Pyraminx single 3.11: into the top 4.0% of the event's history.
  • Kacper Gałczyk — 2×2 single 2.34: into the top 7.4% of the event's history.
  • Antoni Zając — 3×3 single 10.31: into the top 8.4% of the event's history.

First-timers

35 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 17,946 people who made their debut in 2016. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

2 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

178 competitors · 1552 results · 16 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. Michał Rzewuski won it with a 8.00 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

178 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.