Competitions · Iran

Mashhad Winter 2024

Mashhad (مشهد) · 15 February 2024 · 6 events · 82 competitors · 48 personal bests

Arian Geravandi (آرین گراوندی) won three of the six events (4×4, 5×5, 3×3 blindfolded) and the closest final was the Pyraminx, won by Mohammad Soroush Hoseini (محمد سروش حسینی) by 0.04 seconds. 82 competitors produced 48 personal bests, 30 of which still stand today, and 35 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Ali Atarodi (علی عطاردی) took a 2×2 single of 10.26 down to 2.53, 75 percent better in one day.

Three wins

Arian Geravandi (آرین گراوندی) — 4×4, 5×5, 3×3 blindfolded

0.04s

closest final — Pyraminx, Mohammad Soroush Hoseini (محمد سروش حسینی) over Sepehr Lotfi (سپهر لطفی)

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Erfan Dehghani (عرفان دهقانی)	7.15	7.85
2×2	Mohammad Reza Karimi (محمد رضا کریمی)	1.80	2.17
4×4	Arian Geravandi (آرین گراوندی)	32.15	34.77
5×5	Arian Geravandi (آرین گراوندی)	1:05.47	1:10.76
3×3 blindfolded	Arian Geravandi (آرین گراوندی)	1:12.15	—
Pyraminx	Mohammad Soroush Hoseini (محمد سروش حسینی)	2.61	3.50

The PB harvest

48 set · 30 still standing

Sepehr Lotfi (سپهر لطفی) — Pyraminx single 1.76: into the top 0.76% of the event's history.
Amir Hossein Nafisi (امیر حسین نفیسی) — Pyraminx single 1.77: into the top 0.78% of the event's history.
Fateme Vosoughi (فاطمه وثوقی) — Pyraminx single 1.78: into the top 0.8% of the event's history.
Ilia Rashidi (ایلیا رشیدی) — Pyraminx single 2.08: into the top 1.3% of the event's history.
Erfan Norozi (عرفان نوروزی) — 3×3 single 7.78: into the top 2.4% of the event's history.
Sayed Ali Razavi (سید علی رضوی) — 3×3 single 8.22: into the top 3.2% of the event's history.
Kiarash Mahdizadeh (کیارش مهدی زاده) — 2×2 single 2.05: into the top 5.1% of the event's history.
Hirbod Razaghi (هیربد رزاقی) — 2×2 single 2.33: into the top 7.3% of the event's history.

First-timers

35 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

No national, continental or world records were set at this competition. That is true of most competitions.

The field

82 competitors · 268 results · 6 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. Erfan Dehghani (عرفان دهقانی) won it with a 7.85 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

82 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.