Competitions · Greece

Thessaloniki Open 2025

Thessaloniki · 6 September 2025 · 12 events · 67 competitors · 129 personal bests

George Tsilimenis won two of the twelve events (3×3, 3×3 one-handed) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Konstantinos Topouzidis by 0.09 seconds. 67 competitors produced 129 personal bests, 53 of which still stand today, and eleven people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Panayiotis Isaia set the Megaminx single national record: 41.60.

Two wins

George Tsilimenis — 3×3, 3×3 one-handed

0.09s

closest final — 2×2, Konstantinos Topouzidis over Ilian Bashev

129

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	George Tsilimenis	7.36	7.72
2×2	Konstantinos Topouzidis	1.39	2.20
4×4	Konstantinos Topouzidis	26.21	32.92
5×5	Ilias Nikolaou	59.51	1:02.86
6×6	Ilias Nikolaou	1:55.32	2:01.00
3×3 blindfolded	Thodoris Iatrou	37.75	43.62
3×3 one-handed	George Tsilimenis	11.72	12.48
Clock	Panagiotis Christopoulos	4.09	5.21
Megaminx	Panayiotis Isaia	41.60	45.50
Pyraminx	Nikolaos Koutsivos (Νικόλαος Κουτσιβός)	1.79	2.30
Skewb	Nikolas Baxevanis	3.44	4.28
Square-1	Nikolas Baxevanis	9.53	11.88

The PB harvest

129 set · 53 still standing

Konstantinos Topouzidis — 4×4 single 26.21: into the top 1.1% of the event's history.
Kiriaki Aichmalotidou — Pyraminx single 2.36: into the top 1.9% of the event's history.
Zois Lefkidis — 4×4 single 28.41: into the top 2.0% of the event's history.
George Tsilimenis — 4×4 single 29.38: into the top 2.5% of the event's history.
Thodoris Iatrou — 2×2 single 1.83: into the top 3.7% of the event's history.
Panayiotis Isaia — Pyraminx single 3.18: into the top 4.3% of the event's history.
George Tsilimenis — Pyraminx single 3.30: into the top 4.7% of the event's history.
Panayiotis Isaia — 4×4 single 33.13: into the top 5.1% of the event's history.

First-timers

Eleven people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 28,483 people who made their debut in 2025. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

4 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

67 competitors · 682 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. George Tsilimenis won it with a 7.72 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

67 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.