Competitions · Italy

Bologna NxN Spring 2019

Castenaso, Bologna · 6 April 2019 · 6 events · 83 competitors · 79 personal bests

Ivan Lew Yi Wen (刘义文) won three of the six events (5×5, 6×6, 7×7) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Massimiliano Iovane by 0.16 seconds. 83 competitors produced 79 personal bests, 19 of which still stand today, and 28 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Giovanni Contardi set the 4×4 average national record: 30.81.

Three wins

Ivan Lew Yi Wen (刘义文) — 5×5, 6×6, 7×7

0.16s

closest final — 3×3, Massimiliano Iovane over Mattia Galentino

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Massimiliano Iovane	7.61	8.40
2×2	Lorenzo Mauro	1.82	2.44
4×4	Giovanni Contardi	30.13	31.49
5×5	Ivan Lew Yi Wen (刘义文)	53.57	59.50
6×6	Ivan Lew Yi Wen (刘义文)	1:36.01	1:46.22
7×7	Ivan Lew Yi Wen (刘义文)	2:39.46	2:50.66

The PB harvest

79 set · 19 still standing

Massimiliano Iovane — 4×4 single 27.07: into the top 1.4% of the event's history.
Carmelo Piazza — 3×3 single 8.91: into the top 4.7% of the event's history.
Daniele Stella — 3×3 single 10.94: into the top 10.3% of the event's history.
Adrian Estrada — 4×4 single 41.53: into the top 13.9% of the event's history.
Nicolò Quaresima — 2×2 single 2.99: into the top 14.1% of the event's history.
Massimiliano Iovane — 6×6 single 2:09.22: into the top 15.0% of the event's history.
Roberto Marcianó — 3×3 single 12.35: into the top 15.1% of the event's history.
Lorenzo Vigani Poli — 6×6 single 2:21.68: into the top 21.3% of the event's history.

First-timers

28 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 27,871 people who made their debut in 2019. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

1 regional record was set at this competition.

The field

83 competitors · 357 results · 6 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. Massimiliano Iovane won it with a 8.40 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

83 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.