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BP Cube Day 2014

Mantova · 5 April 2014 · 7 events · 26 competitors · 26 personal bests

Giovanni Contardi won three of the seven events (3×3, 4×4, 3×3 one-handed) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Nicolò Simone by 0.14 seconds. 26 competitors produced 26 personal bests, 6 of which still stand today, and three people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Sebastiano Tronto set the 3×3 blindfolded single national record: 31.55.

Three wins
Giovanni Contardi — 3×3, 4×4, 3×3 one-handed
0.14s
closest final — 2×2, Nicolò Simone over Matteo Provasi
26
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Giovanni Contardi8.4710.40
2×2Nicolò Simone2.523.77
4×4Giovanni Contardi27.8432.24
3×3 blindfoldedSebastiano Tronto35.1642.89
3×3 Fewest MovesSebastiano Tronto26 moves28.33
3×3 one-handedGiovanni Contardi14.0316.28
PyraminxMatteo Mazzini5.036.77

The PB harvest

26 set · 6 still standing
  • Marco Signorini — 2×2 single 2.66: into the top 10.5% of the event's history.
  • Filippo Brancaleoni — 3×3 one-handed single 16.46: into the top 11.3% of the event's history.
  • Matteo Mazzini — Pyraminx single 5.03: into the top 13.4% of the event's history.
  • Marco Signorini — Pyraminx single 7.18: into the top 29.3% of the event's history.
  • Lorenzo Vigani Poli — 3×3 one-handed single 30.38: into the top 47.5% of the event's history.
  • Enrico Tommasi — 3×3 single 48.81: into the top 85.1% of the event's history.

First-timers

Three people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 9,275 people who made their debut in 2014. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

3 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

26 competitors · 166 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. Giovanni Contardi 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. 1R2 B' U2 B R2 F2 L2 R2 F' D2 U2 R U' B2 L' R' U L R2 F
  2. 2L2 B' U2 R2 U2 R2 U2 B' U2 F2 R' B' L' D L2 D' L D' L2
  3. 3F L D' F D L' D R' F B2 L2 U R2 F2 B2 U' F2 B2 U2 F2
  4. 4R2 B2 U B2 D' R2 F2 D2 L F2 R' F U2 R' U B' D2 R2 D' U
  5. 5B F' D2 R2 D2 R2 U2 B L D2 U R2 B2 L2 B' U' R B2 L

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

26 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.