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Argovia Open 2018

Bremgarten · 13 October 2018 · 10 events · 37 competitors · 78 personal bests

Richard Delacoste won five of the ten events (3×3, 4×4, 5×5) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Michał Pleskowicz by 0.07 seconds. 37 competitors produced 78 personal bests, 24 of which still stand today.

The moment

A national record

Alwin Rölz set the Clock average national record: 7.74.

Five wins
Richard Delacoste — 3×3, 4×4, 5×5, 6×6, 7×7
0.07s
closest final — 2×2, Michał Pleskowicz over Luca Rizzi
78
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Richard Delacoste6.707.77
2×2Michał Pleskowicz1.902.48
4×4Richard Delacoste29.0231.70
5×5Richard Delacoste58.511:01.43
6×6Richard Delacoste2:04.972:14.10
7×7Richard Delacoste3:01.773:06.72
3×3 blindfoldedTobias Peter49.93
3×3 one-handedMichał Pleskowicz10.9613.48
ClockAlwin Rölz7.388.45
MegaminxTobias Peter58.061:02.33

The PB harvest

78 set · 24 still standing
  • Lars Tschümperlin — 3×3 single 7.83: into the top 2.5% of the event's history.
  • Lars Tschümperlin — 2×2 single 1.80: into the top 3.6% of the event's history.
  • Yannick Balsiger — 2×2 single 2.13: into the top 5.7% of the event's history.
  • Lars Tschümperlin — 4×4 single 35.52: into the top 7.2% of the event's history.
  • Marco Syfrig — 2×2 single 2.42: into the top 8.1% of the event's history.
  • Lars Tschümperlin — 3×3 one-handed single 15.36: into the top 8.8% of the event's history.
  • Luca Rizzi — 3×3 one-handed single 16.25: into the top 10.8% of the event's history.
  • Jeremi Niedziela — Megaminx single 1:02.89: into the top 11.5% of the event's history.

First-timers

No people competed for the first time at this competition. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

3 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

37 competitors · 383 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. Richard Delacoste won it with a 7.77 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

37 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.