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Eretum Open 2023

Monterotondo, Rome · 25 February 2023 · 9 events · 48 competitors · 56 personal bests

Marco Giordano won two of the nine events (2×2, 3×3 Fewest Moves) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Marco Giordano by 0.03 seconds. 48 competitors produced 56 personal bests, 17 of which still stand today, and four people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Flavio Rimi set the Square-1 single national record: 5.27.

Two wins
Marco Giordano — 2×2, 3×3 Fewest Moves
0.03s
closest final — 2×2, Marco Giordano over Nicola Mazza
56
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Valerio Locatelli6.677.55
2×2Marco Giordano1.642.15
4×4Alessandro Nicolì31.6933.41
3×3 blindfoldedMarco Rota1:25.78
3×3 Fewest MovesMarco Giordano29 moves
PyraminxSofia Saletnich2.973.32
Square-1Flavio Rimi5.608.16
4×4 blindfoldedMattia Rigo7:11.82
5×5 blindfoldedMattia Rigo21:09.00

The PB harvest

56 set · 17 still standing
  • Žan Skube — 3×3 single 8.73: into the top 4.2% of the event's history.
  • Nicola Mazza — Pyraminx single 3.23: into the top 4.4% of the event's history.
  • Matteo Varca — Pyraminx single 3.92: into the top 7.3% of the event's history.
  • Žan Skube — 2×2 single 2.47: into the top 8.6% of the event's history.
  • Marco Giordano — 3×3 Fewest Moves single 29 moves: into the top 12.2% of the event's history.
  • Alice Proietti — 2×2 single 2.86: into the top 12.7% of the event's history.
  • Žan Skube — 4×4 single 42.07: into the top 14.6% of the event's history.
  • Simone Cantarelli — 3×3 Fewest Moves single 32 moves: into the top 20.4% of the event's history.

First-timers

Four people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 37,591 people who made their debut in 2023. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

1 regional record was set at this competition.

The field

48 competitors · 426 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. Valerio Locatelli won it with a 7.55 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

48 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.