Competitions · Italy
Almost Rome Open 2017
Nepi · 26 March 2017 · 6 events · 30 competitors · 37 personal bests
Edoardo Annesi won three of the six events (3×3, 4×4, 3×3 one-handed) and the closest final was the Pyraminx, won by Michele Chiaravalloti by 0.08 seconds. 30 competitors produced 37 personal bests, 7 of which still stand today, and eight people held a competitor card for the first time.
The moment
The day's biggest improvement
Caterina Pali took a 3×3 one-handed single of 30.67 down to 16.26, 47 percent better in one day.
Winners & podiums
| Event | Winner | Single | Average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | Edoardo Annesi | 10.02 | 11.79 |
| 2×2 | Marco Manno | 3.71 | 3.85 |
| 4×4 | Edoardo Annesi | 43.27 | 49.22 |
| 3×3 blindfolded | Simone Santarsiero | 2:57.51 | — |
| 3×3 one-handed | Edoardo Annesi | 17.42 | 22.17 |
| Pyraminx | Michele Chiaravalloti | 5.96 | 6.73 |
The PB harvest
37 set · 7 still standing- Caterina Pali — 3×3 one-handed single 16.26: into the top 10.8% of the event's history.
- Giuseppe Parisella — 3×3 single 12.00: into the top 13.9% of the event's history.
- Giuseppe Parisella — 2×2 single 4.09: into the top 27.6% of the event's history.
- Andrea Princic — Pyraminx single 8.18: into the top 37.7% of the event's history.
- Gian Marco Ciaccia — 2×2 single 4.95: into the top 38.7% of the event's history.
- Miriana Cecchi — Pyraminx single 10.33: into the top 55.6% of the event's history.
- Caterina Pali — 4×4 single 1:22.08: into the top 57.6% of the event's history.
First-timers
Eight 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
No national, continental or world records were set at this competition. That is true of most competitions.
The field
30 competitors · 203 results · 6 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. Edoardo Annesi won it with a 11.79 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.
- 1
B R2 U2 D' L' D B L D L' U L F2 D2 R2 D2 L B2 R - 2
D2 B L U2 F2 U' D' F U B' D' L' U2 B2 U2 R B2 R D2 - 3
R F L U' B' U' R F U D' R2 F' D2 R2 D2 B' L2 D2 B2 L2 B - 4
L2 B L2 R2 F' R2 B' D2 R2 B L F2 D' R' B' D2 R' B D2 - 5
B2 L' U' F U' R2 U F2 L2 U' B D L2 B2 D F2 B2 U D
solve 1
solve 2
solve 3
solve 4
solve 5
Race this final
Everyone who competed
30 competitors- Andrea Ciolfi
- Andrea Marconato
- Andrea Princic
- Angelo Pio Lo Giudice
- Anna Battistini
- Carolina Guidetti
- Caterina Pali
- Edoardo Annesi
- Federico Rinalduzzi
- Francesco Galetta
- Gabriele Cappelletti
- Gabriele Zanni
- Gian Marco Ciaccia
- Gianluca Placenti
- Giuseppe Parisella
- Giuseppe Pio La Castellana
- Leonardo Passafaro
- Leonardo Savi
- Lorenzo Gentili
- Marco Manno
- Michele Chiaravalloti
- Miriana Cecchi
- Niccolò Pirani
- Pierluigi Parisella
- Raffaele Bonifazi
- Rebecca Giovennelli
- Samuele Cancemi
- Simone Santarsiero
- Tommaso Martini
- Vittorio Maria Perucatti
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.