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Competitions · Iran

Aftab Cubing Days 2018

Tehran Province, Tehran · 15 March 2018 · 10 events · 52 competitors · 57 personal bests

Seyyed Mohammad Hossein Fatemi (سید محمد حسین فاطمی) won three of the ten events (3×3, 4×4, Megaminx) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Saman Parvizi (سامان پرویزی) by 0.04 seconds. 52 competitors produced 57 personal bests, 21 of which still stand today, and 21 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Amir Hossein Nafisi (امیر حسین نفیسی) set the Pyraminx single national record: 2.19.

Three wins
Seyyed Mohammad Hossein Fatemi (سید محمد حسین فاطمی) — 3×3, 4×4, Megaminx
0.04s
closest final — 2×2, Saman Parvizi (سامان پرویزی) over Seyyed Mohammad Hossein Fatemi (سید محمد حسین فاطمی)
57
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

The PB harvest

57 set · 21 still standing

First-timers

21 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 26,076 people who made their debut in 2018. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

8 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

52 competitors · 299 results · 10 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. Seyyed Mohammad Hossein Fatemi (سید محمد حسین فاطمی) won it with a 9.57 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

52 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.