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Latvian Open 2018

Rīga · 23 November 2018 · 18 events · 76 competitors · 200 personal bests

Nathan Dwyer won four of the 18 events (4×4, 5×5, 3×3 Fewest Moves) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Imants Liepiņš by 0.06 seconds. 76 competitors produced 200 personal bests, 59 of which still stand today, and 15 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Alfred Saidlo set the 3×3 single national record: 7.80.

Four wins

Nathan Dwyer — 4×4, 5×5, 3×3 Fewest Moves, Square-1

0.06s

closest final — 2×2, Imants Liepiņš over Mikus Lembergs

200

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Erik Kippus	8.77	9.74
2×2	Imants Liepiņš	1.88	3.21
4×4	Nathan Dwyer	31.86	32.39
5×5	Nathan Dwyer	1:02.08	1:10.32
6×6	Vladislavs Baranovs	2:26.04	2:32.51
7×7	Vladislavs Baranovs	3:44.85	3:56.77
3×3 blindfolded	Witali Bułatow	34.10	39.65
3×3 Fewest Moves	Nathan Dwyer	26 moves	29.67
3×3 one-handed	Tomas Jankauskas	13.45	15.57
Clock	Rūdolfs Dubovs	9.73	10.64
Megaminx	Rūdolfs Vīnkalns	57.40	1:02.21
Pyraminx	Arseniy Yotsyus	2.73	3.82
Skewb	Francis Daniels Veğeris	4.37	4.83
Square-1	Nathan Dwyer	9.14	14.46
4×4 blindfolded	Richard-Mattias Prints	18:52.00	—
5×5 blindfolded	Andrei Solntsev	27:43.00	—
3×3 Multi-Blind	Andrei Solntsev	7 of 9 cubes · 56:28	—
3×3 with feet	Jānis Zirnis	59.69	1:03.85

The PB harvest

200 set · 59 still standing

Ugnius Byron Braun — 3×3 single 7.52: into the top 2.0% of the event's history.
Frederiks Rūdolfs Kronbergs — Pyraminx single 2.72: into the top 2.8% of the event's history.
Ugnius Byron Braun — Pyraminx single 3.00: into the top 3.6% of the event's history.
Kalvis Spruga — Pyraminx single 3.28: into the top 4.6% of the event's history.
Reinis Grīnbergs — Pyraminx single 3.46: into the top 5.3% of the event's history.
Erik Kippus — 4×4 single 33.76: into the top 5.6% of the event's history.
Jan Erik Soosaar — Pyraminx single 3.54: into the top 5.6% of the event's history.
Ādams Ādamsons-Pedčenko — Pyraminx single 4.09: into the top 8.1% of the event's history.

First-timers

15 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

26 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

76 competitors · 737 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. Erik Kippus won it with a 9.74 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

76 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.