Competitions · Sweden

Gothenburg Cube Open 2016

Göteborg · 18 June 2016 · 10 events · 69 competitors · 100 personal bests

Simon Westlund won three of the ten events (3×3, 2×2, 5×5) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Simon Westlund by 0.33 seconds. 69 competitors produced 100 personal bests, 28 of which still stand today, and 28 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Thomas Mæhle Schmidt set the Clock single national record: 6.00.

Three wins

Simon Westlund — 3×3, 2×2, 5×5

0.33s

closest final — 2×2, Simon Westlund over Govend Avgerinos Djangoi

100

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Simon Westlund	9.10	10.35
2×2	Simon Westlund	3.16	3.64
4×4	Nathaniel Berg	33.80	36.84
5×5	Simon Westlund	1:08.79	1:16.76
3×3 blindfolded	Tomas Kristiansson	1:07.75	—
3×3 one-handed	Anders Berggren	13.58	16.65
Clock	Nathaniel Berg	6.61	6.82
Pyraminx	Jakob Gunnarsson	3.07	3.83
Skewb	Daniel Wallin	3.28	3.75
Square-1	Daniel Wallin	12.32	13.81

The PB harvest

100 set · 28 still standing

Elias Strid — 2×2 single 2.31: into the top 7.1% of the event's history.
Ludvig Sandh — Pyraminx single 4.16: into the top 8.5% of the event's history.
Joel Kristensson — Pyraminx single 5.21: into the top 14.5% of the event's history.
Joel Kristensson — 2×2 single 3.06: into the top 14.9% of the event's history.
Max Höglund — 2×2 single 4.04: into the top 27.0% of the event's history.
Johan Särnbratt — 3×3 single 16.61: into the top 29.8% of the event's history.
Johan Särnbratt — 2×2 single 4.42: into the top 31.9% of the event's history.
Neo Friberg — Skewb single 6.90: into the top 32.9% of the event's history.

First-timers

28 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

69 competitors · 489 results · 10 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. Simon Westlund won it with a 10.35 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

69 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.