Competitions · Italy

Rubik's Italian Championship 2024

Guidonia Montecelio, Roma · 1 November 2024 · 16 events · 261 competitors · 394 personal bests

Riccardo Ripoldi won three of the 16 events (Clock, 4×4 blindfolded, 5×5 blindfolded) and the closest final was the Clock, won by Riccardo Ripoldi by 0.19 seconds. 261 competitors produced 394 personal bests, 131 of which still stand today, and 15 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Mattia Rigo set the 3×3 Multi-Blind single national record: 26 of 27 cubes · 56:56.

Three wins

Riccardo Ripoldi — Clock, 4×4 blindfolded, 5×5 blindfolded

0.19s

closest final — Clock, Riccardo Ripoldi over Giovanni Montagna Coronado

394

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Valerio Locatelli	6.03	6.82
2×2	Nicola Mazza	1.31	1.63
4×4	Giacomo Daniele Corò	24.22	28.37
5×5	Lucas Déglise	51.50	53.58
6×6	Paolo Marino	1:39.05	1:45.26
7×7	Paolo Marino	2:22.63	2:33.20
3×3 blindfolded	Mattia Rigo	25.85	—
3×3 one-handed	Valerio Locatelli	9.67	11.67
Clock	Riccardo Ripoldi	4.35	4.82
Megaminx	Alessandro Calzoni	35.46	39.42
Pyraminx	Emil Henry Huber	1.73	1.89
Skewb	Manfredi Italiano	2.44	3.16
Square-1	Alessandro Ricci	4.21	6.22
4×4 blindfolded	Riccardo Ripoldi	3:29.15	—
5×5 blindfolded	Riccardo Ripoldi	6:59.20	—
3×3 Multi-Blind	Mattia Rigo	26 of 27 cubes · 56:56	—

The PB harvest

394 set · 131 still standing

Davide Arnesano — Pyraminx single 1.27: into the top 0.2% of the event's history.
Raffaele Russo Spena — Pyraminx single 1.99: into the top 1.1% of the event's history.
Davide Camilleri — 3×3 single 6.86: into the top 1.2% of the event's history.
Marco Guarasci — 3×3 single 7.62: into the top 2.2% of the event's history.
Daniel Sebastian Barnea — 3×3 single 8.17: into the top 3.1% of the event's history.
Matteo Grimaldi — Pyraminx single 3.06: into the top 3.8% of the event's history.
Giulio Romano Fidora — Clock single 4.81: into the top 4.0% of the event's history.
Andrea Fissi — 2×2 single 1.90: into the top 4.1% of the event's history.

First-timers

15 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 32,954 people who made their debut in 2024. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

4 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

261 competitors · 2498 results · 16 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. Valerio Locatelli won it with a 6.82 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

261 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.