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Basel Open 2020

Basel · 15 February 2020 · 10 events · 105 competitors · 158 personal bests

Martin Vædele Egdal won four of the ten events (3×3, 2×2, 4×4) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Martin Vædele Egdal by 0.43 seconds. 105 competitors produced 158 personal bests, 71 of which still stand today, and 14 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Lir Ukaj set the 3×3 single national record: 6.29.

Four wins
Martin Vædele Egdal — 3×3, 2×2, 4×4, 3×3 blindfolded
0.43s
closest final — 2×2, Martin Vædele Egdal over Daniel Brem
158
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Martin Vædele Egdal6.348.03
2×2Martin Vædele Egdal1.192.06
4×4Martin Vædele Egdal26.2629.95
5×5Ivan Lew Yi Wen (刘义文)55.7656.57
6×6Ivan Lew Yi Wen (刘义文)1:34.391:41.78
7×7Ivan Lew Yi Wen (刘义文)2:28.682:33.50
3×3 blindfoldedMartin Vædele Egdal25.32—
3×3 one-handedHugo Spitz11.2412.63
PyraminxDiego Alfonso1.642.55
SkewbDaniel Vædele Egdal2.442.87

The PB harvest

158 set · 71 still standing
  • Yannic Waser — 2×2 single 1.52: into the top 2.2% of the event's history.
  • Fedor Abalakov — 2×2 single 1.61: into the top 2.6% of the event's history.
  • Basil Schumacher — 2×2 single 1.71: into the top 3.1% of the event's history.
  • Fabian Senn — 2×2 single 1.74: into the top 3.3% of the event's history.
  • Hannah Minas — 2×2 single 1.83: into the top 3.7% of the event's history.
  • Dominic Hobi — 2×2 single 1.89: into the top 4.1% of the event's history.
  • Yannic Waser — 3×3 one-handed single 13.28: into the top 4.8% of the event's history.
  • Manuel Bühler — 3×3 one-handed single 13.28: into the top 4.8% of the event's history.

First-timers

14 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 4,608 people who made their debut in 2020. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

7 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

105 competitors · 837 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. Martin Vædele Egdal won it with a 8.03 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

105 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.