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Eretum Open 2018

Monterotondo · 10 March 2018 · 13 events · 53 competitors · 100 personal bests

Lorenzo Mauro won six of the 13 events (2×2, 3×3 blindfolded, 3×3 one-handed) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Mattia Galentino by 0.15 seconds. 53 competitors produced 100 personal bests, 23 of which still stand today, and eleven people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Edoardo Ricci took a Pyraminx single of 38.59 down to 13.05, 66 percent better in one day.

Six wins
Lorenzo Mauro — 2×2, 3×3 blindfolded, 3×3 one-handed, Pyraminx, Skewb, 3×3 Multi-Blind
0.15s
closest final — 3×3, Mattia Galentino over Lorenzo Mauro
100
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Mattia Galentino10.0611.29
2×2Lorenzo Mauro1.422.18
4×4Pietro Gasparetto35.9938.63
5×5Vincenzo Maria Gammino1:12.601:21.60
7×7Vincenzo Maria Gammino3:15.073:30.31
3×3 blindfoldedLorenzo Mauro57.72—
3×3 Fewest MovesGabriele Cappelletti33 moves—
3×3 one-handedLorenzo Mauro12.6515.58
PyraminxLorenzo Mauro3.024.55
SkewbLorenzo Mauro3.154.37
Square-1Marco Rota12.2315.51
4×4 blindfoldedGianluca Placenti11:06.00—
3×3 Multi-BlindLorenzo Mauro14 of 15 cubes · 54:47—

The PB harvest

100 set · 23 still standing
  • Andrea Marucci — Pyraminx single 4.91: into the top 12.6% of the event's history.
  • Leonardo Savi — 3×3 single 13.22: into the top 18.2% of the event's history.
  • Riccardo Voci — Skewb single 5.44: into the top 21.5% of the event's history.
  • Marco Antinori — 3×3 single 14.73: into the top 23.5% of the event's history.
  • Riccardo Voci — Square-1 single 19.10: into the top 25.9% of the event's history.
  • Gabriele Ghione — 3×3 single 17.11: into the top 31.3% of the event's history.
  • Gabriele Ghione — Pyraminx single 8.48: into the top 40.4% of the event's history.
  • Anna Battistini — 3×3 one-handed single 27.49: into the top 40.6% of the event's history.

First-timers

Eleven people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 26,076 people who made their debut in 2018. 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

53 competitors · 454 results · 13 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. Mattia Galentino won it with a 11.29 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

53 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.