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Extra Rise Open 2017

Antipolo, Rizal · 26 February 2017 · 7 events · 44 competitors · 45 personal bests

Richmond Mico Rigor won three of the seven events (4×4, 5×5, 6×6) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Jay Benedict Alfaras by 0.21 seconds. 44 competitors produced 45 personal bests, 9 of which still stand today, and eleven people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Richmond Mico Rigor set the 5×5 average national record: 1:05.53.

Three wins
Richmond Mico Rigor — 4×4, 5×5, 6×6
0.21s
closest final — 3×3, Jay Benedict Alfaras over Richmond Mico Rigor
45
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Jay Benedict Alfaras8.118.86
4×4Richmond Mico Rigor30.4932.21
5×5Richmond Mico Rigor1:01.681:05.53
6×6Richmond Mico Rigor2:08.292:11.67
7×7Niño Francis S. Reyes3:21.303:25.50
3×3 blindfoldedSimon Lim (林少秋)48.63
3×3 one-handedNathaniel Ortega13.0815.16

The PB harvest

45 set · 9 still standing
  • Jaime Rara — 3×3 single 11.66: into the top 12.7% of the event's history.
  • Neil Jasper San Pedro — 3×3 single 11.87: into the top 13.5% of the event's history.
  • Arnold Christian Reyes — 5×5 single 1:18.81: into the top 18.2% of the event's history.
  • Joneri Dimanlig — 3×3 single 14.09: into the top 21.3% of the event's history.
  • Jaime Rara — 3×3 one-handed single 21.31: into the top 24.1% of the event's history.
  • Jeron Balmeo — 3×3 single 16.46: into the top 29.3% of the event's history.
  • Neil Jasper San Pedro — 4×4 single 54.58: into the top 30.2% of the event's history.
  • Jeron Balmeo — 3×3 one-handed single 29.68: into the top 45.9% 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

2 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

44 competitors · 186 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. Jay Benedict Alfaras won it with a 8.86 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

44 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.