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Monterotondo Open 2015

Monterotondo · 17 October 2015 · 15 events · 33 competitors · 59 personal bests

Paolo Moriello won four of the 15 events (3×3, 4×4, 5×5) and the closest final was the 3×3 one-handed, won by Paolo Moriello by 0.07 seconds. 33 competitors produced 59 personal bests, 19 of which still stand today, and seven people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Andrei Ciobotaru set the Megaminx single national record: 1:12.43.

Four wins
Paolo Moriello — 3×3, 4×4, 5×5, 3×3 one-handed
0.07s
closest final — 3×3 one-handed, Paolo Moriello over Mariano D'Imperio
59
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Paolo Moriello10.0310.96
2×2Matteo Provasi2.583.68
4×4Paolo Moriello34.6637.45
5×5Paolo Moriello1:03.721:14.14
7×7Andrea Natale3:27.493:40.91
3×3 blindfoldedMatteo Colombo1:50.44
3×3 Fewest MovesMatteo Colombo32 moves
3×3 one-handedPaolo Moriello18.5819.96
ClockMatteo Colombo11.6119.14
MegaminxMariano D'Imperio55.681:00.66
PyraminxLeonardo Marchizza3.024.67
SkewbMarco Rota4.567.69
4×4 blindfoldedGianluca Placenti11:29.00
5×5 blindfoldedMatteo Colombo
3×3 with feetMarco Rota55.691:00.87

The PB harvest

59 set · 19 still standing
  • Angelo Piccolella — 3×3 single 9.64: into the top 6.5% of the event's history.
  • Paolo Moriello — 5×5 single 1:03.72: into the top 7.6% of the event's history.
  • Marco Rota — Clock single 7.16: into the top 11.6% of the event's history.
  • Andrei Ciobotaru — Megaminx single 1:12.43: into the top 17.1% of the event's history.
  • Iulian Steavu — 2×2 single 3.72: into the top 23.0% of the event's history.
  • Andrei Ciobotaru — 3×3 one-handed single 22.41: into the top 27.2% of the event's history.
  • Angelo Piccolella — 5×5 single 1:30.03: into the top 27.3% of the event's history.
  • Gabriele De Matteis — 4×4 single 53.21: into the top 28.6% of the event's history.

First-timers

Seven people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 12,291 people who made their debut in 2015. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

5 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

33 competitors · 336 results · 15 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. Paolo Moriello won it with a 10.96 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

33 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.