Competitions · Italy

Etna Open 2018

Catania · 13 January 2018 · 12 events · 62 competitors · 113 personal bests

Lorenzo Mauro won eight of the twelve events (3×3, 2×2, 4×4) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Lorenzo Mauro by 0.18 seconds. 62 competitors produced 113 personal bests, 25 of which still stand today, and 25 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Bence Barát set the 7×7 average national record: 2:44.24.

Eight wins

Lorenzo Mauro — 3×3, 2×2, 4×4, 3×3 blindfolded, 3×3 one-handed, Pyraminx, Skewb, Square-1

0.18s

closest final — 3×3, Lorenzo Mauro over Tommaso Zoffoli

113

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Lorenzo Mauro	9.42	10.26
2×2	Lorenzo Mauro	1.75	2.71
4×4	Lorenzo Mauro	35.51	38.93
5×5	Bence Barát	59.87	1:02.87
6×6	Bence Barát	1:52.97	2:02.36
7×7	Bence Barát	2:49.54	2:50.67
3×3 blindfolded	Lorenzo Mauro	46.15	—
3×3 one-handed	Lorenzo Mauro	12.25	15.12
Megaminx	Marco Belotti	53.36	54.90
Pyraminx	Lorenzo Mauro	3.00	3.70
Skewb	Lorenzo Mauro	3.02	4.92
Square-1	Lorenzo Mauro	14.25	16.05

The PB harvest

113 set · 25 still standing

Adrian Estrada — 2×2 single 1.94: into the top 4.4% of the event's history.
Samuele Cancemi — Pyraminx single 4.11: into the top 8.2% of the event's history.
Anna Battistini — 2×2 single 2.46: into the top 8.5% of the event's history.
Mattia Sorrentino — 3×3 single 11.00: into the top 10.5% of the event's history.
Angelo Pio Lo Giudice — 3×3 single 12.26: into the top 14.8% of the event's history.
Anna Battistini — Pyraminx single 5.48: into the top 16.3% of the event's history.
Giuseppe Pio La Castellana — 2×2 single 3.57: into the top 21.1% of the event's history.
Giuseppe Pio La Castellana — Pyraminx single 6.22: into the top 21.6% of the event's history.

First-timers

25 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

1 regional record was set at this competition.

The field

62 competitors · 521 results · 12 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. Lorenzo Mauro won it with a 10.26 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

62 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.