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Competitions · Poland

Staszic Open 2017

Lublin · 11 March 2017 · 18 events · 85 competitors · 172 personal bests

Witali Bułatow won four of the 18 events (3×3 blindfolded, 4×4 blindfolded, 5×5 blindfolded) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Michał Rzewuski by 0.04 seconds. 85 competitors produced 172 personal bests, 38 of which still stand today, and 17 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A world record

Michał Rzewuski set the Skewb average world record: 2.62.

Four wins
Witali Bułatow — 3×3 blindfolded, 4×4 blindfolded, 5×5 blindfolded, 3×3 Multi-Blind
0.04s
closest final — 3×3, Michał Rzewuski over Łukasz Burliga
172
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Michał Rzewuski6.769.05
2×2Michał Rzewuski1.992.40
4×4Wojciech Knott28.6637.13
5×5Michał Halczuk57.411:03.32
6×6Michał Halczuk1:43.381:50.60
7×7Michał Halczuk2:33.582:45.72
3×3 blindfoldedWitali Bułatow32.9236.44
3×3 Fewest MovesGrzegorz Łuczyna27 moves—
3×3 one-handedKarol Zakrzewski13.1914.08
ClockWojciech Knott4.875.60
MegaminxMaksymilian Majcher1:01.731:07.26
PyraminxTymon Kolasiński2.303.24
SkewbMichał Rzewuski1.922.83
Square-1Michał Krasowski10.5114.37
4×4 blindfoldedWitali Bułatow4:52.56—
5×5 blindfoldedWitali Bułatow9:35.78—
3×3 Multi-BlindWitali Bułatow25 of 25 cubes · 57:59—
3×3 with feetRafał Waryszak41.2343.62

The PB harvest

172 set · 38 still standing
  • Antoni Rumowski — 3×3 single 9.49: into the top 6.1% of the event's history.
  • Michał Marczak — Pyraminx single 3.77: into the top 6.6% of the event's history.
  • Tobiasz Rychlik — 2×2 single 2.47: into the top 8.6% of the event's history.
  • Radosław Drozdowicz — 2×2 single 2.54: into the top 9.3% of the event's history.
  • Mateusz Zieliński — 2×2 single 2.71: into the top 11.0% of the event's history.
  • Piotr Janiuk — 2×2 single 2.95: into the top 13.7% of the event's history.
  • Jakub Welcz — Pyraminx single 5.23: into the top 14.6% of the event's history.
  • Jakub Welcz — 3×3 single 13.33: into the top 18.6% of the event's history.

First-timers

17 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 23,482 people who made their debut in 2017. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

1 regional record was set at this competition.

The field

85 competitors · 867 results · 18 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 9.05 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

85 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.