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Baku Open 2016

Baku · 21 February 2016 · 7 events · 23 competitors · 25 personal bests

Javid Nabizade won four of the seven events (3×3, 2×2, Pyraminx) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Javid Nabizade by 0.20 seconds. 23 competitors produced 25 personal bests, 10 of which still stand today, and eleven people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Javid Nabizade set the 4×4 single national record: 50.10.

Four wins
Javid Nabizade — 3×3, 2×2, Pyraminx, Skewb
0.20s
closest final — 3×3, Javid Nabizade over Mahir Israfilov
25
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Javid Nabizade12.8114.16
2×2Javid Nabizade4.384.96
4×4Ron van Bruchem52.5253.19
5×5Ron van Bruchem1:47.731:58.53
3×3 one-handedChingiz Asadzade27.4329.33
PyraminxJavid Nabizade5.579.39
SkewbJavid Nabizade6.657.84

The PB harvest

25 set · 10 still standing
  • Hazrat Mammadrzayev — 2×2 single 4.24: into the top 29.6% of the event's history.
  • Hazrat Mammadrzayev — Pyraminx single 7.45: into the top 31.6% of the event's history.
  • Anar Babayev — 3×3 single 20.56: into the top 41.5% of the event's history.
  • Chingiz Asadzade — 2×2 single 5.35: into the top 43.6% of the event's history.
  • Hazrat Mammadrzayev — 4×4 single 1:25.76: into the top 60.4% of the event's history.
  • Chingiz Asadzade — 4×4 single 1:26.33: into the top 60.9% of the event's history.
  • Anar Babayev — 2×2 single 11.84: into the top 84.0% of the event's history.
  • Anar Babayev — Pyraminx single 16.99: into the top 87.7% of the event's history.

First-timers

Eleven 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

10 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

23 competitors · 105 results · 7 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. Javid Nabizade won it with a 14.16 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

23 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.