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Florence Rubik's Cube Open 2016

Firenze · 29 May 2016 · 8 events · 26 competitors · 31 personal bests

Alessandro Manopulo won two of the eight events (3×3, 4×4) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Edoardo Annesi by 0.36 seconds. 26 competitors produced 31 personal bests, 6 of which still stand today, and four people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Leonardo Marchizza set the Pyraminx average national record: 3.88.

Two wins
Alessandro Manopulo — 3×3, 4×4
0.36s
closest final — 2×2, Edoardo Annesi over Vittorio Maria Perucatti
31
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Alessandro Manopulo9.9611.14
2×2Edoardo Annesi2.003.10
4×4Alessandro Manopulo42.5546.53
3×3 blindfoldedMariano D'Imperio2:29.63
3×3 one-handedMariano D'Imperio15.4719.29
ClockSimone Santarsiero12.4614.04
PyraminxLeonardo Marchizza3.193.88
Square-1Simone Cantarelli37.0942.98

The PB harvest

31 set · 6 still standing
  • Edoardo Annesi — 2×2 single 1.69: into the top 3.0% of the event's history.
  • Andrea Princic — 2×2 single 2.50: into the top 8.9% of the event's history.
  • Andrea Farolfi — 2×2 single 3.75: into the top 23.3% of the event's history.
  • Leonardo Marchizza — 4×4 single 1:17.40: into the top 53.8% of the event's history.
  • Leonardo Marchizza — Clock single 16.88: into the top 55.1% of the event's history.
  • Miriana Cecchi — 3×3 one-handed single 43.25: into the top 69.6% of the event's history.

First-timers

Four 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

1 regional record was set at this competition.

The field

26 competitors · 186 results · 8 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. Alessandro Manopulo won it with a 11.14 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

26 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.