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Algeria Winter 2016

Algiers · 24 December 2016 · 5 events · 71 competitors · 34 personal bests

Yassine Bettahar won the 3×3 with a 11.54 and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Slimane Siroukane by 0.00 seconds. 71 competitors produced 34 personal bests, 15 of which still stand today, and 39 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A continental record

Yassine Bettahar set the 3×3 single continental record: 9.15.

5
events decided
0.00s
closest final — 2×2, Slimane Siroukane over Tarek Bazizi
34
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Yassine Bettahar10.7811.54
2×2Slimane Siroukane4.538.17
4×4Ron van Bruchem57.241:02.48
3×3 blindfoldedAymen Aissaoui——
3×3 one-handedTarek Bazizi24.9233.14

The PB harvest

34 set · 15 still standing
  • Khaled Bazizi — 3×3 single 17.53: into the top 32.7% of the event's history.
  • Zakaria Abdelaziz — 3×3 single 20.54: into the top 41.5% of the event's history.
  • Khaoula Bougurra — 3×3 single 32.72: into the top 67.1% of the event's history.
  • Khaled Bazizi — 3×3 one-handed single 43.87: into the top 70.3% of the event's history.
  • Nour Eliman Omeiri — 3×3 single 37.17: into the top 73.4% of the event's history.
  • Rym Arezki — 3×3 single 39.51: into the top 76.3% of the event's history.
  • Feriel Kaced — 3×3 single 41.11: into the top 78.1% of the event's history.
  • Adem Boutiche — 3×3 single 42.03: into the top 79.1% of the event's history.

First-timers

39 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 17,946 people who made their debut in 2016. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

6 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

71 competitors · 143 results · 5 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 11.54 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

71 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.