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Italian Championship 2014

Monterotondo (Roma) · 10 May 2014 · 18 events · 60 competitors · 106 personal bests

Giovanni Contardi won three of the 18 events (3×3, 4×4, 5×5) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Massimiliano Iovane by 0.19 seconds. 60 competitors produced 106 personal bests, 20 of which still stand today, and 14 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Giovanni Contardi set the 6×6 single national record: 2:18.46.

Three wins
Giovanni Contardi — 3×3, 4×4, 5×5
0.19s
closest final — 2×2, Massimiliano Iovane over Mariano D'Imperio
106
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Giovanni Contardi8.819.12
2×2Massimiliano Iovane2.833.36
4×4Giovanni Contardi29.2233.19
5×5Giovanni Contardi1:01.401:11.02
6×6Massimiliano Iovane2:20.902:22.34
7×7Andrea Natale3:28.843:58.68
3×3 blindfoldedSebastiano Tronto28.41—
3×3 Fewest MovesLorenzo Vigani Poli33 moves—
3×3 one-handedSebastiano Tronto11.8815.75
ClockSimone Santarsiero10.4614.47
MegaminxMariano D'Imperio1:05.331:08.59
PyraminxKevin Montano5.537.10
SkewbAlessandro Manopulo6.217.72
Square-1Lorenzo Vigani Poli34.0555.59
4×4 blindfoldedSebastiano Tronto5:22.65—
5×5 blindfoldedMatteo Colombo15:20.00—
3×3 Multi-BlindFabrizio Cirnigliaro12 of 13 cubes · 52:34—
3×3 with feetMaxim Chechnev1:46.471:57.36

The PB harvest

106 set · 20 still standing
  • Paolo Moriello — 4×4 single 28.50: into the top 2.0% of the event's history.
  • Alessandro Solito — 3×3 blindfolded single 25.44: into the top 3.1% of the event's history.
  • Nicolò Simone — 2×2 single 1.91: into the top 4.2% of the event's history.
  • Mariano D'Imperio — 2×2 single 2.25: into the top 6.6% of the event's history.
  • Kevin Montano — 4×4 single 40.78: into the top 13.0% of the event's history.
  • Mariano D'Imperio — 3×3 blindfolded single 1:19.90: into the top 19.6% of the event's history.
  • Giovanni Contardi — 3×3 blindfolded single 1:34.22: into the top 24.6% of the event's history.
  • Alessandro Simone — 3×3 single 15.40: into the top 25.8% of the event's history.

First-timers

14 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 9,275 people who made their debut in 2014. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

10 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

60 competitors · 537 results · 18 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. Giovanni Contardi won it with a 9.12 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

60 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.