Competitions · Italy

Italian Open 2009

Bergamo · 14 February 2009 · 8 events · 57 competitors · 52 personal bests

Breandan Vallance won three of the eight events (3×3, 5×5, 3×3 one-handed) and the closest final was the Magic, won by Filippo Brancaleoni by 0.45 seconds. 57 competitors produced 52 personal bests, 10 of which still stand today, and 29 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Filippo Brancaleoni set the Magic single national record: 1.22.

Three wins

Breandan Vallance — 3×3, 5×5, 3×3 one-handed

0.45s

closest final — Magic, Filippo Brancaleoni over Lorenzo Vigani Poli

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Breandan Vallance	12.97	13.85
2×2	Bertalan Bodor	3.66	4.79
4×4	Bertalan Bodor	51.69	59.23
5×5	Breandan Vallance	1:31.27	1:44.64
3×3 blindfolded	Olivér Perge	1:44.47	—
3×3 one-handed	Breandan Vallance	24.62	26.46
Megaminx	Giulio Chiminelli	1:55.66	1:57.13
Magic	Filippo Brancaleoni	1.22	1.30

The PB harvest

52 set · 10 still standing

Filippo De Lucchi — 3×3 single 16.65: into the top 29.9% of the event's history.
Lorenzo Vigani Poli — Magic single 1.50: into the top 32.2% of the event's history.
Filippo Bertolotti — 3×3 single 20.05: into the top 40.1% of the event's history.
Paolo Rosson — Megaminx single 2:01.08: into the top 46.3% of the event's history.
István Kocza — 3×3 one-handed single 34.81: into the top 56.9% of the event's history.
Giulio Chiminelli — 4×4 single 1:26.78: into the top 61.2% of the event's history.
Franco Alessandro Briccoli — 3×3 single 39.05: into the top 75.8% of the event's history.
Federico Soldati — 3×3 one-handed single 56.76: into the top 81.9% of the event's history.

First-timers

29 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 3,600 people who made their debut in 2009. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

8 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

57 competitors · 234 results · 8 events.

Everyone who competed

57 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.