Kārķi Open 2026

Date: Aug 26 - 30, 2026
City: Kārķi, Latvia
Venue: Kārķu pamatskola
Address: Kārķi, Kārķu pagasts, Valkas novads, Latvija, LV-4716
Details: Top floor
Contact: jzirnis@worldcubeassociation.org
Organizers: Jānis Zirnis and Toms Edvards Vucens
WCA Delegates: Jānis Zirnis and Kasparas Lienys

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Information

LV

Laipni lūgti pēdējās vasaras sacensībās Latvijā! Izbaudi pēdējās vasaras dienas mierīgā un varbūt kaut nedaudz sācensīgā gaisotnē kopā ar draugiem un ģimeni!
Regulāri pārbaudiet savu epastu un šīs sacensību lapas papildus cilnes, lai nepalaistu garām svarīgus atjauninājumus!

ENG

Welcome to the last summer competition in Latvia! Spend the last days of summer in a relaxed and maybe just a little competitive setting with Your friends and family!
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Events
Main event
Competitors: 28

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Dalības maksā būs jāmaksā uz vietas.
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5 dienas - 25€
4 dienas - 20€
3 dienas - 15€
2 dienas un 1 diena - 10€

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Registration fee will be paid on the spot.
Registration fees:
5 days - 25€
4 days - 20€
3 days - 15€
2 days and 1 day - 10€
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Vilius Ribinskas won with an average of 8.86 seconds in the 3x3x3 Cube event. Liam Nilsson González finished second (8.89) and Maksim Zemtšihhin finished third (9.41).

3x3x3 Cube

#	Name	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
1	Vilius Ribinskas	6.87	8.86	Lithuania	8.35	6.87	8.51	11.10	9.72
2	Liam Nilsson González	8.53	8.89	Spain	8.70	9.12	10.32	8.53	8.86
3	Maksim Zemtšihhin	8.33	9.41	Estonia	8.76	9.68	11.36	8.33	9.80

2x2x2 Cube

#	Name	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
1	Roberts Dreijers	1.32	1.90	Latvia	1.44	1.32	2.80	DNF	1.47
2	Vilius Ribinskas	1.44	3.07	Lithuania	2.93	3.00	3.57	1.44	3.29
3	Emanuels Stupelis	2.75	3.19	Latvia	2.79	3.72	3.06	2.75	4.02

4x4x4 Cube

#	Name	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
1	Roberts Dreijers	29.28	33.70	Latvia	44.46	29.31	35.68	29.28	36.10
2	Maksim Zemtšihhin	32.36	35.18	Estonia	34.09	35.76	42.45	35.69	32.36
3	Vidal Perea Cívico	35.39	36.22	Spain	36.69	45.60	35.39	36.07	35.91

5x5x5 Cube

#	Name	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
1	Vilius Ribinskas	1:00.48	1:04.29	Lithuania	1:08.74	1:02.09	1:07.20	1:00.48	1:03.57
2	Vladislavs Baranovs	1:04.41	1:07.05	Latvia	1:11.81	1:05.10	1:07.71	1:04.41	1:08.34
3	Marcos Plaza Nocito	1:02.07	1:08.52	Spain	1:02.07	1:15.86	1:08.87	1:08.56	1:08.12

6x6x6 Cube

#	Name	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
1	Vilius Ribinskas	1:43.68	1:57.21	Lithuania	2:01.74	1:43.68	2:06.21
2	Marcos Plaza Nocito	2:01.16	2:13.40	Spain	2:01.16	2:24.94	2:14.09
3	Roberts Dreijers	2:12.17	2:18.53	Latvia	2:17.65	2:12.17	2:25.76

7x7x7 Cube

#	Name	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
1	Vilius Ribinskas	2:52.84	2:57.32	Lithuania	2:52.84	2:56.27	3:02.86
2	Roberts Dreijers	3:07.85	3:11.39	Latvia	3:07.85	3:12.95	3:13.36
3	Vladislavs Baranovs	3:03.12	3:20.97	Latvia	3:20.77	3:39.02	3:03.12

3x3x3 Blindfolded

#	Name	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
1	Vilius Ribinskas	46.27	DNF	Lithuania	1:06.04	53.90	DNF	DNF	46.27
2	Artur Udatsnoi	46.61	DNF	Estonia	DNF	46.61	DNF	DNF	DNF
3	Vidal Perea Cívico	1:01.84	DNF	Spain	DNF	1:04.17	1:01.84	1:04.24	DNF

3x3x3 Fewest Moves

#	Name	Best	Average		Representing	Solves
1	Emilio Tanzarella	28	32.33		Belgium	28	34	35
2	Roberts Dreijers	31	32.67		Latvia	31	35	32
3	Vilius Ribinskas	31	35.67	NR	Lithuania	41	31	35

3x3x3 One-Handed

#	Name	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
1	Vidal Perea Cívico	12.52	13.13	Spain	22.50	13.42	12.52	12.79	13.17
2	Kristiāns Pietkuns	14.44	15.89	Latvia	16.83	14.44	14.68	18.12	16.15
3	Maksim Zemtšihhin	15.06	17.69	Estonia	24.05	16.32	18.83	17.93	15.06

Clock

#	Name	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
1	Ivan Berestovoi	5.85	6.23	Ukraine	6.96	6.50	5.85	6.24	5.94
2	Emanuels Stupelis	5.53	6.55	Latvia	5.53	5.70	DNF	7.09	6.85
3	Vilius Ribinskas	5.83	7.31	Lithuania	7.39	5.83	7.39	8.52	7.15

Megaminx

#	Name	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
1	Kristiāns Pietkuns	47.15	51.69	Latvia	47.15	1:01.25	49.90	50.73	54.43
2	Roberts Dreijers	53.73	57.46	Latvia	58.04	55.84	58.51	53.73	1:02.78
3	Vilius Ribinskas	1:05.31	1:08.37	Lithuania	1:08.87	1:05.31	1:05.74	1:12.72	1:10.50

Pyraminx

#	Name	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
1	Emanuels Stupelis	2.91	4.10	Latvia	4.60	2.91	4.58	3.32	4.41
2	Toms Edvards Vucens	3.69	4.38	Latvia	5.58	3.75	5.16	4.24	3.69
3	Roberts Dreijers	3.15	4.83	Latvia	9.92	4.02	6.88	3.15	3.60

Skewb

#	Name	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
1	Vilius Ribinskas	2.68	4.61	Lithuania	3.10	4.53	2.68	10.29	6.21
2	Marcos Plaza Nocito	3.06	5.20	Spain	3.06	6.34	4.66	7.86	4.59
3	Mike Vidrik Rätsep	2.34	5.40	Estonia	4.58	5.61	2.34	6.00	9.45

Square-1

#	Name	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
1	Krišjānis Nurža	10.94	13.57	Latvia	15.56	13.64	10.94	14.66	12.41
2	Roberts Dreijers	10.51	13.89	Latvia	17.89	14.30	13.49	10.51	13.89
3	Maksim Zemtšihhin	11.33	14.34	Estonia	16.08	12.50	14.43	16.56	11.33

4x4x4 Blindfolded

#	Name	Best	Average		Representing	Solves
1	Artur Udatsnoi	7:56.16	9:03.45	NR	Estonia	7:56.16	8:33.20	10:41.00
2	Vilius Ribinskas	9:02.76	DNF		Lithuania	DNF	9:02.76	DNF
3	Ruslans Ševčuks	10:42.00	DNF		Latvia	DNF	10:42.00	11:12.00

3x3x3 Multi-Blind

#	Name	Best		Representing	Solves
1	Vilius Ribinskas	13/13 54:51	NR	Lithuania	11/11 46:00	12/12 52:14	13/13 54:51
2	Jānis Zirnis	12/15 52:22		Latvia	12/15 52:22	DNF	DNF
3	Emilio Tanzarella	8/8 57:48		Belgium	6/8 56:50	8/8 57:48	DNF