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Bologna New Year 2022

Castenaso, Bologna · 2 January 2022 · 5 events · 50 competitors · 65 personal bests

Juliette Sébastien won three of the five events (3×3, 4×4, 5×5) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Juliette Sébastien by 1.32 seconds. 50 competitors produced 65 personal bests, 16 of which still stand today, and six people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Israel Springer took a 5×5 single of 2:23.37 down to 1:13.28, 49 percent better in one day.

Three wins
Juliette Sébastien — 3×3, 4×4, 5×5
1.32s
closest final — 3×3, Juliette Sébastien over Florian Truckenthanner
65
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Juliette Sébastien6.697.19
4×4Juliette Sébastien30.1032.05
5×5Juliette Sébastien55.1657.61
6×6Bence Barát1:51.251:51.67
7×7Bence Barát2:30.572:41.54

The PB harvest

65 set · 16 still standing
  • Vittorio Maria Perucatti — 4×4 single 30.30: into the top 3.0% of the event's history.
  • Tommaso Marini — 3×3 single 9.15: into the top 5.2% of the event's history.
  • Israel Springer — 4×4 single 36.77: into the top 8.4% of the event's history.
  • Matteo Barone — 3×3 single 11.72: into the top 12.9% of the event's history.
  • Israel Springer — 5×5 single 1:13.28: into the top 14.0% of the event's history.
  • Luca Spagnolo — 3×3 single 14.21: into the top 21.7% of the event's history.
  • Lorenzo Gaviani — 4×4 single 47.78: into the top 21.8% of the event's history.
  • Simone Ballerini — 3×3 single 16.19: into the top 28.4% of the event's history.

First-timers

Six people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 26,245 people who made their debut in 2022. 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

50 competitors · 244 results · 5 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. Juliette Sébastien won it with a 7.19 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

50 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.