Competitions · Poland

Santa Claus Cube Race Mysłowice 2024

Mysłowice · 14 December 2024 · 7 events · 60 competitors · 64 personal bests

Tomasz Pietruszka won three of the seven events (4×4, Megaminx, Skewb) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Bartłomiej Owczarek by 0.25 seconds. 60 competitors produced 64 personal bests, 16 of which still stand today, and six people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Jakub Kasperski took a 3×3 single of 39.25 down to 19.15, 51 percent better in one day.

Three wins

Tomasz Pietruszka — 4×4, Megaminx, Skewb

0.25s

closest final — 3×3, Bartłomiej Owczarek over Karol Zakrzewski

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Bartłomiej Owczarek	7.17	7.82
4×4	Tomasz Pietruszka	30.21	31.16
3×3 blindfolded	Tomasz Cepil	20.92	21.29
3×3 one-handed	Karol Zakrzewski	9.57	12.53
Clock	Mateusz Wasil	3.85	4.52
Megaminx	Tomasz Pietruszka	35.73	40.93
Skewb	Tomasz Pietruszka	1.72	2.16

The PB harvest

64 set · 16 still standing

Roman Sokolovskyi — Clock single 4.46: into the top 3.2% of the event's history.
Stanisław Tochowicz — 3×3 single 10.37: into the top 8.6% of the event's history.
Stanisław Tochowicz — Clock single 6.56: into the top 9.3% of the event's history.
Kamil Bartocha — 3×3 single 11.30: into the top 11.5% of the event's history.
Bartłomiej Dabioch — Skewb single 5.06: into the top 18.6% of the event's history.
Stanisław Tochowicz — 3×3 one-handed single 23.01: into the top 28.9% of the event's history.
Nikola Tetke — 3×3 single 18.29: into the top 35.1% of the event's history.
Kamil Galas — 3×3 single 21.99: into the top 45.5% of the event's history.

First-timers

Six 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

No national, continental or world records were set at this competition. That is true of most competitions.

The field

60 competitors · 348 results · 7 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. Bartłomiej Owczarek won it with a 7.82 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

60 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.