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Algeria Summer Open 2017

Alger · 28 August 2017 · 8 events · 42 competitors · 38 personal bests

Yassine Bettahar won four of the eight events (3×3, 2×2, 4×4) and the closest final was the Pyraminx, won by Tarek Bazizi by 0.72 seconds. 42 competitors produced 38 personal bests, 11 of which still stand today, and 21 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A continental record

Yassine Bettahar set the 3×3 single continental record: 8.54.

Four wins
Yassine Bettahar — 3×3, 2×2, 4×4, 3×3 one-handed
0.72s
closest final — Pyraminx, Tarek Bazizi over Fadi Aissaoui
38
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Yassine Bettahar8.8210.33
2×2Yassine Bettahar3.104.12
4×4Yassine Bettahar48.2356.38
3×3 blindfoldedSlimane Siroukane8:18.509:04.26
3×3 one-handedYassine Bettahar18.0120.05
MegaminxSlimane Siroukane2:26.962:34.13
PyraminxTarek Bazizi6.299.66
3×3 Multi-BlindAymen Aissaoui

The PB harvest

38 set · 11 still standing
  • Yassine Bettahar — 2×2 single 2.27: into the top 6.8% of the event's history.
  • Khaled Bazizi — 2×2 single 2.89: into the top 13.0% of the event's history.
  • Fadi Aissaoui — 2×2 single 3.64: into the top 21.9% of the event's history.
  • Aymen Aissaoui — 2×2 single 5.06: into the top 40.1% of the event's history.
  • Nouha Boussahi — 2×2 single 6.31: into the top 54.1% of the event's history.
  • Aymen Aissaoui — Megaminx single 2:40.54: into the top 66.2% of the event's history.
  • Lokmane Bahi — 3×3 single 38.96: into the top 75.7% of the event's history.
  • Meryame Arezki — 3×3 one-handed single 55.65: into the top 81.2% of the event's history.

First-timers

21 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

8 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

42 competitors · 148 results · 8 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. Yassine Bettahar won it with a 10.33 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

42 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.