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Iran Open 2017

Tehran · 16 February 2017 · 17 events · 159 competitors · 171 personal bests

Fardin Bahadory Nejad (فردین بهادری نژاد) won two of the 17 events (3×3 one-handed, 3×3 Multi-Blind) and the closest final was the Square-1, won by Mohammad Sepehr Ebadi (محمد سپهر عبادی) by 0.14 seconds. 159 competitors produced 171 personal bests, 71 of which still stand today, and 86 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Ali Farahani (علی فراهانی) set the 3×3 with feet single national record: 54.41.

Two wins
Fardin Bahadory Nejad (فردین بهادری نژاد) — 3×3 one-handed, 3×3 Multi-Blind
0.14s
closest final — Square-1, Mohammad Sepehr Ebadi (محمد سپهر عبادی) over Parsa Saeed Nia (پارسا سعیدنیا)
171
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Mohammad Sarlaki (محمد سرلکی)8.069.44
2×2Mohammad Reza Karimi (محمد رضا کریمی)2.052.92
4×4Ali Atashi (علی آتشی)37.5939.61
5×5Armin Soleimani (آرمین سلیمانی)1:08.191:13.79
6×6Mohammad Sadegh Majidi (محمد صادق مجیدی)2:19.952:32.95
7×7Mohammad Hosein Abbasi (محمد حسین عباسی)3:42.17—
3×3 blindfoldedParsa Saeed Nia (پارسا سعیدنیا)1:26.83—
3×3 Fewest MovesParham Saeed Nia (پرهام سعیدنیا)30 moves—
3×3 one-handedFardin Bahadory Nejad (فردین بهادری نژاد)14.3414.60
ClockAmir Hossein Nafisi (امیر حسین نفیسی)9.5610.86
MegaminxSeyyed Mohammad Hossein Fatemi (سید محمد حسین فاطمی)1:07.841:13.96
PyraminxMohammad Soroush Hoseini (محمد سروش حسینی)3.053.94
SkewbMehrzad Goli (مهرزاد گلی)4.155.44
Square-1Mohammad Sepehr Ebadi (محمد سپهر عبادی)22.9227.08
4×4 blindfoldedMohammad Sepehr Ebadi (محمد سپهر عبادی)——
3×3 Multi-BlindFardin Bahadory Nejad (فردین بهادری نژاد)2 of 2 cubes · 10:35—
3×3 with feetMehrdad Navidian Mehr (مهرداد نویدیان مهر)1:04.931:12.77

The PB harvest

171 set · 71 still standing

First-timers

86 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

14 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

159 competitors · 861 results · 17 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 9.44 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

159 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.