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Austrian Open 2016

Vienna · 18 June 2016 · 14 events · 41 competitors · 71 personal bests

Bence Barát won eight of the 14 events (3×3, 2×2, 4×4) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Bence Barát by 0.03 seconds. 41 competitors produced 71 personal bests, 6 of which still stand today, and ten people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Florian Truckenthanner set the 2×2 single national record: 1.47.

Eight wins
Bence Barát — 3×3, 2×2, 4×4, 5×5, 6×6, 7×7, 3×3 blindfolded, Square-1
0.03s
closest final — 3×3, Bence Barát over Florian Truckenthanner
71
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Bence Barát7.8810.40
2×2Bence Barát1.832.74
4×4Bence Barát32.7838.41
5×5Bence Barát1:06.441:09.92
6×6Bence Barát2:15.552:19.23
7×7Bence Barát3:08.133:15.19
3×3 blindfoldedBence Barát42.2052.81
3×3 one-handedPranjal Khan15.3216.78
MegaminxRicky Meiler53.461:01.28
PyraminxBrúnó Bereczki3.204.73
SkewbJakob Fiechter3.524.07
Square-1Bence Barát14.2018.45
4×4 blindfoldedJakob Kogler8:19.40
5×5 blindfoldedLinus Frész8:17.83

The PB harvest

71 set · 6 still standing
  • Bence Barát — 3×3 single 6.49: into the top 0.84% of the event's history.
  • Maximilian Deimel — 4×4 single 37.33: into the top 9.0% of the event's history.
  • Maximilian Deimel — 3×3 one-handed single 18.31: into the top 15.9% of the event's history.
  • Wolfram Lenhard — 3×3 single 14.51: into the top 22.7% of the event's history.
  • Nikolaus Lindinger — Pyraminx single 6.68: into the top 25.3% of the event's history.
  • Bence Barát — 5×5 blindfolded single 19:42.00: into the top 59.0% of the event's history.

First-timers

Ten 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

41 competitors · 382 results · 14 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. Bence Barát won it with a 10.40 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

41 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.