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Norwegian Championship 2016

Trondheim · 4 March 2016 · 18 events · 57 competitors · 94 personal bests

Morten Arborg won six of the 18 events (3×3, 4×4, 5×5) and the closest final was the Pyraminx, won by Thomas Mæhle Schmidt by 0.36 seconds. 57 competitors produced 94 personal bests, 26 of which still stand today, and 15 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Hilmar Magnusson set the 3×3 single national record: 9.83.

Six wins
Morten Arborg — 3×3, 4×4, 5×5, 6×6, 7×7, 3×3 one-handed
0.36s
closest final — Pyraminx, Thomas Mæhle Schmidt over Daniel Wallin
94
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Morten Arborg7.288.41
2×2Thomas Mæhle Schmidt1.882.28
4×4Morten Arborg35.2338.21
5×5Morten Arborg1:02.131:06.40
6×6Morten Arborg2:44.422:53.67
7×7Morten Arborg3:37.063:52.50
3×3 blindfoldedIstván Kocza1:04.65
3×3 Fewest MovesJohan Sokrates Wind29 moves30.00
3×3 one-handedMorten Arborg15.8016.49
ClockDaniel Wallin6.026.77
MegaminxDaniel Wallin59.611:05.60
PyraminxThomas Mæhle Schmidt3.874.44
SkewbDaniel Wallin3.244.12
Square-1Daniel Wallin11.9714.74
4×4 blindfoldedIstván Kocza8:47.09
5×5 blindfoldedIstván Kocza16:03.00
3×3 Multi-BlindIstván Kocza14 of 17 cubes · 1:00:00
3×3 with feetVidar Norstein Klungre1:06.091:08.08

The PB harvest

94 set · 26 still standing

First-timers

15 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 17,946 people who made their debut in 2016. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

12 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

57 competitors · 508 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. Morten Arborg won it with a 8.41 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

57 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.