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Eretum Open 2014

Monterotondo · 2 November 2014 · 9 events · 26 competitors · 50 personal bests

Paolo Moriello won four of the nine events (3×3, 4×4, 5×5) and the closest final was the Pyraminx, won by Gabriele Cappelletti by 0.90 seconds. 26 competitors produced 50 personal bests, 11 of which still stand today, and four people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Paolo Moriello set the 3×3 average national record: 8.48.

Four wins
Paolo Moriello — 3×3, 4×4, 5×5, 3×3 one-handed
0.90s
closest final — Pyraminx, Gabriele Cappelletti over Leonardo Marchizza
50
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Paolo Moriello7.618.48
2×2Edoardo Annesi2.343.67
4×4Paolo Moriello37.7741.81
5×5Paolo Moriello1:15.881:21.36
3×3 blindfoldedGianluca Placenti3:37.78
3×3 one-handedPaolo Moriello16.0318.20
PyraminxGabriele Cappelletti5.506.21
SkewbAndrei Ciobotaru7.5810.12
4×4 blindfoldedGianluca Placenti

The PB harvest

50 set · 11 still standing

First-timers

Four 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

1 regional record was set at this competition.

The field

26 competitors · 177 results · 9 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. Paolo Moriello won it with a 8.48 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

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.