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PoliMi Italian Open 2014

Milan · 13 December 2014 · 18 events · 70 competitors · 107 personal bests

Reto Bubendorf won four of the 18 events (2×2, 3×3 Fewest Moves, Pyraminx) and the closest final was the 4×4, won by Milán Baticz by 0.02 seconds. 70 competitors produced 107 personal bests, 27 of which still stand today, and 13 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Reto Bubendorf set the Pyraminx single national record: 2.77.

Four wins
Reto Bubendorf — 2×2, 3×3 Fewest Moves, Pyraminx, Skewb
0.02s
closest final — 4×4, Milán Baticz over Paolo Moriello
107
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Paolo Moriello6.7710.04
2×2Reto Bubendorf2.233.69
4×4Milán Baticz34.3440.89
5×5Edoardo Disarò1:26.901:31.81
6×6Paolo Moriello2:30.422:40.54
7×7Paolo Moriello3:54.564:09.09
3×3 blindfoldedMatteo Colombo41.75—
3×3 Fewest MovesReto Bubendorf28 moves—
3×3 one-handedNicola Barbaro15.5217.52
ClockGábor Szabó8.8110.00
MegaminxMarco Belotti58.881:01.41
PyraminxReto Bubendorf2.774.91
SkewbReto Bubendorf4.225.10
Square-1Andrea Santambrogio18.9320.55
4×4 blindfoldedMatteo Colombo4:56.50—
5×5 blindfoldedFabrizio Cirnigliaro20:53.00—
3×3 Multi-BlindFabrizio Cirnigliaro14 of 14 cubes · 55:05—
3×3 with feetMarco Rota51.831:03.65

The PB harvest

107 set · 27 still standing
  • Paolo Moriello — 3×3 single 6.77: into the top 1.1% of the event's history.
  • Federico Basanese — 3×3 single 9.63: into the top 6.4% of the event's history.
  • Andrea Di Giosaffatte — 3×3 single 10.44: into the top 8.8% of the event's history.
  • Fabrizio Cirnigliaro — 3×3 Multi-Blind single 14 of 14 cubes · 55:05: into the top 9.5% of the event's history.
  • Riccardo Simone — 4×4 single 38.93: into the top 10.9% of the event's history.
  • Costantino Corsi — 3×3 one-handed single 16.96: into the top 12.5% of the event's history.
  • Riccardo Cimma — Pyraminx single 5.34: into the top 15.4% of the event's history.
  • Nicola Barbaro — Megaminx single 1:13.31: into the top 17.6% of the event's history.

First-timers

13 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

11 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

70 competitors · 491 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. Paolo Moriello won it with a 10.04 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

70 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.