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Eretum Open 2017

Monterotondo · 27 May 2017 · 11 events · 45 competitors · 60 personal bests

Katie Hull won three of the eleven events (4×4, 5×5, 6×6) and the closest final was the Skewb, won by Marco Rota by 0.25 seconds. 45 competitors produced 60 personal bests, 14 of which still stand today, and eleven people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Federico Rinalduzzi took a Skewb single of 36.41 down to 16.51, 55 percent better in one day.

Three wins
Katie Hull — 4×4, 5×5, 6×6
0.25s
closest final — Skewb, Marco Rota over Alessandro Nicolì
60
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Nicola Barbaro8.149.44
2×2Andrea Princic3.664.21
4×4Katie Hull31.5834.75
5×5Katie Hull1:14.651:16.08
6×6Katie Hull2:26.832:35.82
3×3 blindfoldedMaxim Chechnev1:50.46
3×3 Fewest MovesMarco Rota30 moves
3×3 one-handedNicola Barbaro11.7518.32
PyraminxKyle Polage2.713.89
SkewbMarco Rota4.465.62
3×3 Multi-BlindMaxim Chechnev8 of 13 cubes · 1:00:00

The PB harvest

60 set · 14 still standing
  • Nicola Barbaro — 3×3 one-handed single 11.75: into the top 2.7% of the event's history.
  • Andrea Princic — 3×3 single 8.52: into the top 3.8% of the event's history.
  • Nicola Barbaro — 2×2 single 2.18: into the top 6.0% of the event's history.
  • Nicola Barbaro — 4×4 single 35.71: into the top 7.4% of the event's history.
  • Leonardo Savi — Pyraminx single 5.25: into the top 14.8% of the event's history.
  • Andrea Di Michele — 3×3 single 13.40: into the top 18.9% of the event's history.
  • Andrea Ciolfi — 2×2 single 3.50: into the top 20.2% of the event's history.
  • Luca Marseglia — 3×3 single 14.22: into the top 21.7% of the event's history.

First-timers

Eleven people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 23,482 people who made their debut in 2017. 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

45 competitors · 322 results · 11 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. Nicola Barbaro won it with a 9.44 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

45 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.