Competitions · Iran

Iran Grand Prix 2016

Tehran · 14 April 2016 · 5 events · 84 competitors · 34 personal bests

Mohammad Sarlaki (محمد سرلکی) won the 3×3 with a 10.48 and the closest final was the Pyraminx, won by Amir Hossein Nafisi (امیر حسین نفیسی) by 0.15 seconds. 84 competitors produced 34 personal bests, 9 of which still stand today, and 55 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A continental record

Mehrzad Goli (مهرزاد گلی) set the Skewb single continental record: 1.63.

events decided

0.15s

closest final — Pyraminx, Amir Hossein Nafisi (امیر حسین نفیسی) over Sepehr Lotfi (سپهر لطفی)

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Mohammad Sarlaki (محمد سرلکی)	9.86	10.48
2×2	Mohammad Reza Karimi (محمد رضا کریمی)	2.08	2.93
3×3 blindfolded	Saeed Mostafavi Layegh (سعید مصطفوی لایق)	1:10.13	1:17.29
Pyraminx	Amir Hossein Nafisi (امیر حسین نفیسی)	4.32	4.62
Skewb	Ali Chegini (علی چگینی)	4.92	5.81

The PB harvest

34 set · 9 still standing

Mehrzad Goli (مهرزاد گلی) — Skewb single 1.63: into the top 0.62% of the event's history.
Shayan Abedin (شايان عابدين) — Pyraminx single 2.56: into the top 2.3% of the event's history.
Ali Chegini (علی چگینی) — 2×2 single 1.81: into the top 3.6% of the event's history.
Soheil Lotfi (سهیل لطفی) — Skewb single 3.90: into the top 10.2% of the event's history.
Mohammad Sarlaki (محمد سرلکی) — Skewb single 5.51: into the top 22.1% of the event's history.
Sobhan Baharian (سبحان بهاریان) — 3×3 single 15.79: into the top 27.1% of the event's history.
Milad Alami (میلاد عالمی) — Pyraminx single 12.34: into the top 69.3% of the event's history.
Matin Ghaleghovand (متین قلعه قوند) — Pyraminx single 15.72: into the top 84.3% of the event's history.

First-timers

55 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

3 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

84 competitors · 259 results · 5 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. Mohammad Sarlaki (محمد سرلکی) won it with a 10.48 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

84 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.