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Competitions · Sri Lanka

1st Sri Lankan Open 2022

Colombo · 2 April 2022 · 7 events · 32 competitors · 0 personal bests

Samath Keppitiyagama won four of the seven events (3×3, 4×4, 5×5) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Dihindu Ambegoda by 0.44 seconds. 32 competitors produced 0 personal bests, and 31 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Samath Keppitiyagama set the 5×5 single national record: 1:39.54.

Four wins
Samath Keppitiyagama — 3×3, 4×4, 5×5, 3×3 one-handed
0.44s
closest final — 2×2, Dihindu Ambegoda over Mohamed Diwan
0
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Samath Keppitiyagama11.6813.15
2×2Dihindu Ambegoda4.625.66
4×4Samath Keppitiyagama42.3148.29
5×5Samath Keppitiyagama1:39.541:48.27
3×3 one-handedSamath Keppitiyagama18.9619.11
PyraminxSachin Arvind4.586.84
SkewbSirima Witharanage Sathmika Navoda9.4814.31

The PB harvest

0 set · 0 still standing

    First-timers

    31 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 26,245 people who made their debut in 2022. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

    Records watch

    2 regional records were set at this competition.

    The field

    32 competitors · 136 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. Samath Keppitiyagama won it with a 13.15 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

    solve 1

    solve 2

    solve 3

    solve 4

    solve 5

    Race this final

    Everyone who competed

    32 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.