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Algers Summer Open 2016

Alger · 20 August 2016 · 3 events · 53 competitors · 2 personal bests

Tarek Bazizi won two of the three events (3×3, 3×3 one-handed) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Tarek Bazizi by 1.96 seconds. 53 competitors produced 2 personal bests, 1 of which still stand today, and 50 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Yassine Bettahar set the 3×3 single national record: 12.83.

Two wins
Tarek Bazizi — 3×3, 3×3 one-handed
1.96s
closest final — 3×3, Tarek Bazizi over Aymen Aissaoui
2
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Tarek Bazizi15.4816.11
4×4Taha Ben Salah1:22.751:24.03
3×3 one-handedTarek Bazizi34.5239.43

The PB harvest

2 set · 1 still standing

First-timers

50 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

4 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

53 competitors · 79 results · 3 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. Tarek Bazizi won it with a 16.11 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

53 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.