Competitions · Iran

Golden Rubik's Cube 2017

Tehran · 14 September 2017 · 7 events · 180 competitors · 192 personal bests

Ali Atashi (علی آتشی) won two of the seven events (3×3, 4×4) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Mohammad Reza Karimi (محمد رضا کریمی) by 0.12 seconds. 180 competitors produced 192 personal bests, 120 of which still stand today, and 89 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Ali Atashi (علی آتشی) set the 4×4 single national record: 30.03.

Two wins

Ali Atashi (علی آتشی) — 3×3, 4×4

0.12s

closest final — 2×2, Mohammad Reza Karimi (محمد رضا کریمی) over Mehrzad Goli (مهرزاد گلی)

192

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Ali Atashi (علی آتشی)	9.10	9.67
2×2	Mohammad Reza Karimi (محمد رضا کریمی)	2.12	2.84
4×4	Ali Atashi (علی آتشی)	32.46	34.34
5×5	Mohammad Sadegh Majidi (محمد صادق مجیدی)	1:09.22	1:09.94
3×3 blindfolded	Parsa Saeed Nia (پارسا سعیدنیا)	41.82	50.08
3×3 one-handed	Fardin Bahadory Nejad (فردین بهادری نژاد)	12.83	14.78
Pyraminx	Mohammad Soroush Hoseini (محمد سروش حسینی)	2.27	3.85

The PB harvest

192 set · 120 still standing

Armin Soleimani (آرمین سلیمانی) — 3×3 single 7.52: into the top 2.0% of the event's history.
Parham Saeed Nia (پرهام سعیدنیا) — 3×3 single 8.23: into the top 3.2% of the event's history.
Ali Valizadeh (علی ولیزاده) — 3×3 single 8.74: into the top 4.3% of the event's history.
Alireza Sepehr (علی رضا سپهر) — 2×2 single 2.26: into the top 6.7% of the event's history.
Mir Amir Hosein Hoseini (مير امير حسين حسيني) — 3×3 single 9.79: into the top 6.9% of the event's history.
Aria Bahalou (آریا بهالو) — 2×2 single 2.32: into the top 7.2% of the event's history.
Sina Jami (سینا جامی) — 2×2 single 2.54: into the top 9.3% of the event's history.
Ali Farahani (علی فراهانی) — 2×2 single 2.59: into the top 9.8% of the event's history.

First-timers

89 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

9 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

180 competitors · 758 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. Ali Atashi (علی آتشی) won it with a 9.67 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

180 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.