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Italian Championship 2015

Foggia · 29 August 2015 · 18 events · 46 competitors · 105 personal bests

Nicola Barbaro won three of the 18 events (3×3, 3×3 one-handed, 3×3 with feet) and the closest final was the 3×3 one-handed, won by Nicola Barbaro by 0.03 seconds. 46 competitors produced 105 personal bests, 31 of which still stand today, and seven people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A continental record

Noa Arthurs set the 3×3 blindfolded average continental record: 31.57.

Three wins
Nicola Barbaro — 3×3, 3×3 one-handed, 3×3 with feet
0.03s
closest final — 3×3 one-handed, Nicola Barbaro over Sebastiano Tronto
105
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Nicola Barbaro7.669.44
2×2Massimiliano Iovane2.483.91
4×4Paolo Moriello33.0834.62
5×5Massimiliano Iovane1:08.271:16.26
6×6Massimiliano Iovane2:18.212:38.56
7×7Andrea Natale3:27.263:36.10
3×3 blindfoldedSebastiano Tronto33.63
3×3 Fewest MovesNoa Arthurs29 moves
3×3 one-handedNicola Barbaro14.2515.01
ClockAlessandro Manopulo12.2813.28
MegaminxMariano D'Imperio1:02.931:13.44
PyraminxLeonardo Marchizza3.884.43
SkewbAlessandro Manopulo5.555.81
Square-1Lorenzo Vigani Poli27.8342.34
4×4 blindfoldedMatteo Colombo4:59.40
5×5 blindfoldedNoa Arthurs11:44.00
3×3 Multi-BlindRoberto Bentivoglio17 of 20 cubes · 55:49
3×3 with feetNicola Barbaro1:01.521:28.81

The PB harvest

105 set · 31 still standing
  • Alessandro Manopulo — 4×4 single 37.46: into the top 9.2% of the event's history.
  • Roberto Bentivoglio — 3×3 Multi-Blind single 17 of 20 cubes · 55:49: into the top 9.5% of the event's history.
  • Sebastiano Tronto — 3×3 Multi-Blind single 12 of 13 cubes · 49:43: into the top 13.9% of the event's history.
  • Alessandro Manopulo — 5×5 single 1:14.28: into the top 14.8% of the event's history.
  • Nicola Barbaro — 3×3 with feet single 1:01.52: into the top 17.1% of the event's history.
  • Luciano Spada — 3×3 single 13.37: into the top 18.7% of the event's history.
  • Noa Arthurs — 5×5 single 1:24.58: into the top 22.9% of the event's history.
  • Leonardo Bonaventura — 3×3 single 14.93: into the top 24.2% of the event's history.

First-timers

Seven 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

3 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

46 competitors · 474 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. Nicola Barbaro 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. 1L U2 L B2 D2 U2 R2 B2 L F2 L' B L' F2 R2 U2 B R2 D R'
  2. 2B R2 D2 R2 U2 B' D2 F2 R2 F2 U B2 R2 B D U2 L' B2 U
  3. 3U B2 D R2 D2 L2 R2 D B' R' D2 R' U R2 B' D2 F' U2 F'
  4. 4B2 D2 B2 U' B2 R2 U B2 D U2 R D L B U R2 B2 D2 R D
  5. 5L F' R F R2 D F2 U' F' U D2 F2 U2 F2 L F2 B2 D2 F2 R2

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

46 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.