Competitions · Latvia

Sigulda Open 2023

Sigulda · 12 August 2023 · 14 events · 51 competitors · 94 personal bests

Remo Pihel won four of the 14 events (4×4, Pyraminx, Skewb) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Roberts Dreijers by 0.11 seconds. 51 competitors produced 94 personal bests, 37 of which still stand today, and eight people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Mikus Lembergs set the 3×3 single national record: 6.44.

Four wins

Remo Pihel — 4×4, Pyraminx, Skewb, 3×3 Multi-Blind

0.11s

closest final — 2×2, Roberts Dreijers over Remo Pihel

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Mikus Lembergs	6.44	8.50
2×2	Roberts Dreijers	2.12	2.84
4×4	Remo Pihel	29.21	35.34
5×5	Rūdolfs Vīnkalns	1:05.55	1:07.26
6×6	Rūdolfs Vīnkalns	2:01.11	2:08.63
7×7	Roberts Dreijers	3:32.50	3:39.49
3×3 blindfolded	Aleksejs Oglobļins	57.92	—
3×3 one-handed	Mikus Lembergs	13.41	15.80
Megaminx	Rūdolfs Vīnkalns	44.33	46.80
Pyraminx	Remo Pihel	2.07	2.67
Skewb	Remo Pihel	3.83	4.58
Square-1	Roberts Dreijers	8.99	11.84
4×4 blindfolded	Mikus Lembergs	7:26.00	—
3×3 Multi-Blind	Remo Pihel	5 of 6 cubes · 31:12	—

The PB harvest

94 set · 37 still standing

Mikus Lembergs — 3×3 single 6.44: into the top 0.8% of the event's history.
Markuss Pietkuns — 3×3 single 7.89: into the top 2.6% of the event's history.
Ruslans Ševčuks — 3×3 single 9.76: into the top 6.8% of the event's history.
Renārs Robežnieks — Pyraminx single 4.22: into the top 8.8% of the event's history.
Rūdolfs Vīnkalns — 6×6 single 2:01.11: into the top 11.4% of the event's history.
Aleksejs Oglobļins — 3×3 blindfolded single 57.92: into the top 12.4% of the event's history.
Renārs Robežnieks — Skewb single 4.50: into the top 14.5% of the event's history.
Edvards Kapteinis-Veits — Pyraminx single 5.97: into the top 19.8% of the event's history.

First-timers

Eight 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

4 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

51 competitors · 508 results · 14 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. Mikus Lembergs won it with a 8.50 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

51 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.