Competitions · Iran

Icy Summer 2018

Tehran · 6 September 2018 · 8 events · 71 competitors · 94 personal bests

Arian Geravandi (آرین گراوندی) won two of the eight events (3×3, Megaminx) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Arian Geravandi (آرین گراوندی) by 0.01 seconds. 71 competitors produced 94 personal bests, 47 of which still stand today, and 23 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: 27.17.

Two wins

Arian Geravandi (آرین گراوندی) — 3×3, Megaminx

0.01s

closest final — 3×3, Arian Geravandi (آرین گراوندی) over Ali Atashi (علی آتشی)

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Arian Geravandi (آرین گراوندی)	8.94	9.81
2×2	Mehrzad Goli (مهرزاد گلی)	2.14	2.39
4×4	Ali Atashi (علی آتشی)	27.17	32.19
5×5	Mohammad Sadegh Majidi (محمد صادق مجیدی)	1:02.19	1:06.08
6×6	Mohammad Sadegh Majidi (محمد صادق مجیدی)	2:17.83	2:22.81
3×3 one-handed	Mohammad Reza Karimi (محمد رضا کریمی)	13.08	15.23
Megaminx	Arian Geravandi (آرین گراوندی)	1:01.38	1:04.66
Pyraminx	Ardavan Jebelli (اردوان جبلی)	2.44	3.87

The PB harvest

94 set · 47 still standing

Ali Atashi (علی آتشی) — 4×4 single 27.17: into the top 1.4% of the event's history.
Seyyed Siavash Seyyedi (سید سیاوش سیدی) — 3×3 single 7.78: into the top 2.4% of the event's history.
Mohammad Hosein Abbasi (محمد حسین عباسی) — 3×3 single 8.31: into the top 3.4% of the event's history.
Masood Ghorbani (مسعود قربانی) — 2×2 single 1.92: into the top 4.2% of the event's history.
Mohammad Sepehr Ebadi (محمد سپهر عبادی) — 3×3 single 8.85: into the top 4.5% of the event's history.
Arvin Mangeri (آروین مانگری) — 3×3 one-handed single 13.18: into the top 4.7% of the event's history.
Mohammad Sadegh Majidi (محمد صادق مجیدی) — 4×4 single 33.70: into the top 5.6% of the event's history.
Mohammad Sadegh Majidi (محمد صادق مجیدی) — 5×5 single 1:02.19: into the top 6.7% of the event's history.

First-timers

23 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

9 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

71 competitors · 359 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. Arian Geravandi (آرین گراوندی) won it with a 9.81 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

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Race this final

Everyone who competed

71 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.