Competitions · Iran

Iran Academy 2018

Tehran · 6 December 2018 · 8 events · 93 competitors · 111 personal bests

Fardin Bahadory Nejad (فردین بهادری نژاد) won two of the eight events (3×3, 3×3 one-handed) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Fardin Bahadory Nejad (فردین بهادری نژاد) by 0.35 seconds. 93 competitors produced 111 personal bests, 46 of which still stand today, and 26 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Erfan Teimori (عرفان تیموری) set the Megaminx single national record: 54.47.

Two wins

Fardin Bahadory Nejad (فردین بهادری نژاد) — 3×3, 3×3 one-handed

0.35s

closest final — 3×3, Fardin Bahadory Nejad (فردین بهادری نژاد) over Amirali Farajnezhad (امیرعلی فرج نژاد)

111

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Fardin Bahadory Nejad (فردین بهادری نژاد)	8.81	9.86
2×2	Saman Parvizi (سامان پرویزی)	2.36	2.78
4×4	Ali Atashi (علی آتشی)	31.16	34.96
5×5	Mohammad Sadegh Majidi (محمد صادق مجیدی)	1:07.68	1:09.40
3×3 blindfolded	Parham Saeed Nia (پرهام سعیدنیا)	52.80	—
3×3 one-handed	Fardin Bahadory Nejad (فردین بهادری نژاد)	12.69	13.31
Megaminx	Erfan Teimori (عرفان تیموری)	54.47	1:04.96
Pyraminx	Sepehr Lotfi (سپهر لطفی)	2.40	3.01

The PB harvest

111 set · 46 still standing

Kasra Sarebanha (کسری ساربانها) — 2×2 single 1.40: into the top 1.7% of the event's history.
Amirali Farajnezhad (امیرعلی فرج نژاد) — 2×2 single 1.47: into the top 2.0% of the event's history.
Mehrzad Goli (مهرزاد گلی) — 2×2 single 1.47: into the top 2.0% of the event's history.
Ardavan Jebelli (اردوان جبلی) — 2×2 single 1.68: into the top 3.0% of the event's history.
Parsa Saeed Nia (پارسا سعیدنیا) — 2×2 single 1.78: into the top 3.5% of the event's history.
Ali Valizadeh (علی ولیزاده) — Pyraminx single 3.06: into the top 3.8% of the event's history.
Parsa Saeed Nia (پارسا سعیدنیا) — 3×3 single 9.18: into the top 5.3% of the event's history.
Amirali Farajnezhad (امیرعلی فرج نژاد) — 4×4 single 33.55: into the top 5.4% of the event's history.

First-timers

26 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

1 regional record was set at this competition.

The field

93 competitors · 447 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. Fardin Bahadory Nejad (فردین بهادری نژاد) won it with a 9.86 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

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solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

93 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.