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Italian Open 2017

Rome · 7 October 2017 · 17 events · 74 competitors · 105 personal bests

Marco Rota won four of the 17 events (3×3 Fewest Moves, Megaminx, Skewb) and the closest final was the Skewb, won by Marco Rota by 0.03 seconds. 74 competitors produced 105 personal bests, 20 of which still stand today, and 15 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Berta García Parra set the 3×3 Multi-Blind single national record: 23 of 23 cubes · 59:11.

Four wins
Marco Rota — 3×3 Fewest Moves, Megaminx, Skewb, Square-1
0.03s
closest final — Skewb, Marco Rota over Lorenzo Mauro
105
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Massimiliano Iovane8.169.26
2×2Lorenzo Mauro1.702.51
4×4Massimiliano Iovane34.5337.07
5×5Theo Mayer1:11.321:13.95
6×6James Molloy2:21.892:25.71
7×7James Molloy3:37.623:49.25
3×3 blindfoldedBerta García Parra22.89—
3×3 Fewest MovesMarco Rota32 moves—
3×3 one-handedTobias Peter11.5815.01
ClockJames Molloy6.858.43
MegaminxMarco Rota55.391:08.50
PyraminxLorenzo Mauro3.284.44
SkewbMarco Rota3.464.13
Square-1Marco Rota9.0514.06
4×4 blindfoldedTobias Peter6:36.50—
5×5 blindfoldedGianluca Placenti30:46.00—
3×3 Multi-BlindBerta García Parra23 of 23 cubes · 59:11—

The PB harvest

105 set · 20 still standing
  • Massimiliano Iovane — 3×3 single 6.50: into the top 0.85% of the event's history.
  • Arcangelo Lobianco — Skewb single 4.23: into the top 12.5% of the event's history.
  • Louis Marwat — 3×3 single 14.18: into the top 21.6% of the event's history.
  • Leonardo Savi — 2×2 single 3.83: into the top 24.3% of the event's history.
  • Riccardo Pironti — 3×3 single 15.06: into the top 24.6% of the event's history.
  • Matteo Colombo — Pyraminx single 6.72: into the top 25.6% of the event's history.
  • Fabio Roscigno — 3×3 single 15.47: into the top 26.0% of the event's history.
  • Alessandro Dibitonto — 2×2 single 4.12: into the top 28.0% of the event's history.

First-timers

15 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 23,482 people who made their debut in 2017. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

7 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

74 competitors · 641 results · 17 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. Massimiliano Iovane won it with a 9.26 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

74 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.