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Platform Open 2014

Lucera · 16 November 2014 · 8 events · 19 competitors · 32 personal bests

Paolo Moriello won three of the eight events (3×3, 4×4, 5×5) and the closest final was the Pyraminx, won by Angelo Piccolella by 0.00 seconds. 19 competitors produced 32 personal bests, 11 of which still stand today, and nine people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Alessandro Nicolì set the Pyraminx single national record: 3.09.

Three wins
Paolo Moriello — 3×3, 4×4, 5×5
0.00s
closest final — Pyraminx, Angelo Piccolella over Luigi Manzo
32
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Paolo Moriello8.389.41
2×2Nicola Barbaro3.334.73
4×4Paolo Moriello33.9740.92
5×5Paolo Moriello1:11.771:23.79
3×3 blindfoldedAlessandro Solito30.5932.00
3×3 one-handedNicola Barbaro14.7716.52
MegaminxNicola Barbaro1:24.461:29.99
PyraminxAngelo Piccolella4.508.25

The PB harvest

32 set · 11 still standing
  • Luigi Manzo — Pyraminx single 4.55: into the top 10.5% of the event's history.
  • Alessandro Solito — 3×3 single 12.78: into the top 16.7% of the event's history.
  • Stefano Bevacqua — 5×5 single 1:18.94: into the top 18.3% of the event's history.
  • Nicola Barbaro — 5×5 single 1:33.18: into the top 30.0% of the event's history.
  • Alessandro Solito — 3×3 one-handed single 28.36: into the top 42.8% of the event's history.
  • Alessandro Solito — 4×4 single 1:13.59: into the top 50.3% of the event's history.
  • Francesco Macaluso — 3×3 single 24.05: into the top 50.5% of the event's history.
  • Leonardo Bonaventura — 2×2 single 6.02: into the top 51.1% of the event's history.

First-timers

Nine people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 9,275 people who made their debut in 2014. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

2 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

19 competitors · 145 results · 8 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 9.41 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

19 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.