Competitions · Iran

IranPuzzle Cube Challenge 2015

Tehran · 20 November 2015 · 5 events · 32 competitors · 29 personal bests

Armin Soleimani (آرمین سلیمانی) won three of the five events (3×3, 4×4, 5×5) and the closest final was the 3×3 one-handed, won by Mohammad Reza Karimi (محمد رضا کریمی) by 0.13 seconds. 32 competitors produced 29 personal bests, 8 of which still stand today, and 15 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Armin Soleimani (آرمین سلیمانی) set the 5×5 single national record: 1:13.06.

Three wins

Armin Soleimani (آرمین سلیمانی) — 3×3, 4×4, 5×5

0.13s

closest final — 3×3 one-handed, Mohammad Reza Karimi (محمد رضا کریمی) over Majid Alizadeh (مجید علیزاده)

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Armin Soleimani (آرمین سلیمانی)	7.71	9.99
2×2	Mohammad Reza Karimi (محمد رضا کریمی)	2.02	2.35
4×4	Armin Soleimani (آرمین سلیمانی)	35.08	37.78
5×5	Armin Soleimani (آرمین سلیمانی)	1:13.06	1:21.17
3×3 one-handed	Mohammad Reza Karimi (محمد رضا کریمی)	15.75	17.91

The PB harvest

29 set · 8 still standing

Majid Alizadeh (مجید علیزاده) — 2×2 single 2.06: into the top 5.2% of the event's history.
Majid Alizadeh (مجید علیزاده) — 3×3 single 10.71: into the top 9.6% of the event's history.
Mohammad Hosein Abbasi (محمد حسین عباسی) — 3×3 one-handed single 17.50: into the top 13.8% of the event's history.
Mohammad Mahdi Gheidi (محمد مهدی قیدی) — 3×3 single 13.61: into the top 19.6% of the event's history.
Mohammad Mahdi Gheidi (محمد مهدی قیدی) — 2×2 single 4.72: into the top 35.8% of the event's history.
Mohammad Shayan Mozaffari (محمد شایان مظفری) — 3×3 single 19.13: into the top 37.5% of the event's history.
Mohammad Mahyar Mohammadi (محمد مهیار محمدی) — 3×3 one-handed single 31.28: into the top 49.5% of the event's history.
Mohammad Mahdi Gheidi (محمد مهدی قیدی) — 4×4 single 1:15.81: into the top 52.4% of the event's history.

First-timers

15 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 12,291 people who made their debut in 2015. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

2 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

32 competitors · 157 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. Armin Soleimani (آرمین سلیمانی) won it with a 9.99 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

32 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.