Competitions · Italy

Italian Open 2018

Gessate · 8 September 2018 · 14 events · 70 competitors · 101 personal bests

Mattia Furlan won seven of the 14 events (4×4, 5×5, 6×6) and the closest final was the Skewb, won by Lorenzo Mauro by 0.05 seconds. 70 competitors produced 101 personal bests, 29 of which still stand today, and 19 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A continental record

Mattia Furlan set the 7×7 average continental record: 2:19.33.

Seven wins

Mattia Furlan — 4×4, 5×5, 6×6, 7×7, 3×3 one-handed, Clock, Megaminx

0.05s

closest final — Skewb, Lorenzo Mauro over Marianna Bondi

101

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Hunor Mogyorósi	8.18	8.75
2×2	Lorenzo Mauro	2.07	3.05
4×4	Mattia Furlan	30.80	32.00
5×5	Mattia Furlan	51.87	55.38
6×6	Mattia Furlan	1:37.36	1:43.12
7×7	Mattia Furlan	2:15.85	2:19.33
3×3 blindfolded	Lorenzo Mauro	53.19	—
3×3 one-handed	Mattia Furlan	14.99	16.73
Clock	Mattia Furlan	8.64	8.90
Megaminx	Mattia Furlan	45.35	50.82
Pyraminx	Lorenzo Mauro	2.70	3.12
Skewb	Lorenzo Mauro	3.62	4.63
Square-1	Marco Rota	8.15	11.72
4×4 blindfolded	Lorenzo Mauro	4:05.64	—

The PB harvest

101 set · 29 still standing

Gabriele Cappelletti — 3×3 one-handed single 13.32: into the top 4.9% of the event's history.
Marianna Bondi — 2×2 single 2.28: into the top 6.9% of the event's history.
Jacopo Antonio Boffa — Pyraminx single 3.95: into the top 7.4% of the event's history.
Mirko Tsakarissianos — 2×2 single 2.55: into the top 9.4% of the event's history.
Emanuele Marchesi — 3×3 single 10.90: into the top 10.2% of the event's history.
Federico Borgogni — Square-1 single 12.30: into the top 10.5% of the event's history.
Leonardo Maver — 2×2 single 2.71: into the top 11.0% of the event's history.
Jacopo Antonio Boffa — 3×3 single 11.70: into the top 12.8% of the event's history.

First-timers

19 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 26,076 people who made their debut in 2018. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

3 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

70 competitors · 537 results · 14 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. Hunor Mogyorósi won it with a 8.75 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

70 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.