Competitions · Italy
Etna Open 2016
Misterbianco, Catania · 18 December 2016 · 7 events · 33 competitors · 28 personal bests
Simone Santarsiero won two of the seven events (3×3, 3×3 blindfolded) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Samuele Cancemi by 0.14 seconds. 33 competitors produced 28 personal bests, 5 of which still stand today, and 20 people held a competitor card for the first time.
The moment
The day's biggest improvement
Miriana Cecchi took a 3×3 blindfolded single of 4:32.15 down to 2:15.93, 50 percent better in one day.
Winners & podiums
| Event | Winner | Single | Average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | Simone Santarsiero | 10.65 | 11.87 |
| 2×2 | Samuele Cancemi | 3.65 | 4.16 |
| 4×4 | Adrian Estrada | 47.72 | 57.56 |
| 5×5 | Vincenzo Maria Gammino | 1:26.68 | 1:36.00 |
| 3×3 blindfolded | Simone Santarsiero | 2:12.54 | — |
| Pyraminx | Leonardo Marchizza | 3.58 | 4.99 |
| Skewb | Damiano Di Paola | 7.38 | 8.49 |
The PB harvest
28 set · 5 still standing- Vittorio Maria Perucatti — 2×2 single 1.86: into the top 3.9% of the event's history.
- Miriana Cecchi — 3×3 single 18.21: into the top 34.7% of the event's history.
- Giorgio Zaccaria — 2×2 single 5.33: into the top 43.4% of the event's history.
- Adrian Estrada — 3×3 blindfolded single 2:54.15: into the top 50.8% of the event's history.
- Samuele Cancemi — Skewb single 12.46: into the top 68.3% of the event's history.
First-timers
20 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 17,946 people who made their debut in 2016. 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
33 competitors · 170 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. Simone Santarsiero won it with a 11.87 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.
- 1
F2 L' U' B2 U2 D F' B' L B' R B2 R U2 R L' U2 F2 L - 2
U2 D L D2 B2 U2 D F R D' B' U2 B' R2 U2 F U2 F2 B - 3
F L2 B2 D2 U2 B' U2 B2 R2 F R' U' F' U2 L' F2 L' B R' B - 4
D' U' F2 D' B2 R2 U' F2 L' B F' L2 R2 U' L U' F' D2 U F' - 5
B' D2 L2 B2 F' D2 F D2 F' U2 F' L' B' U L2 F D2 U' R' D
solve 1
solve 2
solve 3
solve 4
solve 5
Race this final
Everyone who competed
33 competitors- Adrian Estrada
- Alessandro Iraci
- Alfio Raciti
- Angelo Pio Lo Giudice
- Chiara Avanzato
- Claudia Brighina
- Damiano Di Paola
- Dario Signorello
- Dario Tona
- Emanuela Villa
- Emanuele Raciti
- Gabriele Cappelletti
- Gabriele Longo
- Gianluca Placenti
- Giorgio Zaccaria
- Giovanni Gentile
- Giuseppe Pappalardo
- Giuseppe Pio La Castellana
- Leonardo Marchizza
- Lorenzo Sammartino
- Luca Nicolosi
- Luca Rannisi
- Marco Marangia
- Marco Senna
- Maria Giovanna Martello
- Miriana Cecchi
- Riccardo Raciti
- Roberto Raciti
- Salvatore Gulisano
- Samuele Cancemi
- Simone Santarsiero
- Vincenzo Maria Gammino
- Vittorio Maria Perucatti
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.