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PoliMi Open 2016

Milan · 3 December 2016 · 12 events · 74 competitors · 100 personal bests

Sebastiano Tronto won five of the twelve events (3×3 blindfolded, 3×3 Fewest Moves, 3×3 one-handed) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Alexander Karlov by 0.28 seconds. 74 competitors produced 100 personal bests, 19 of which still stand today, and 17 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Mircea Simionica set the 4×4 blindfolded single national record: 11:32.00.

Five wins
Sebastiano Tronto — 3×3 blindfolded, 3×3 Fewest Moves, 3×3 one-handed, 4×4 blindfolded, 5×5 blindfolded
0.28s
closest final — 2×2, Alexander Karlov over Nicolò Simone
100
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Paolo Moriello8.178.86
2×2Alexander Karlov2.093.15
4×4Guus de Wit35.8142.88
6×6Edoardo Disarò2:17.932:23.54
3×3 blindfoldedSebastiano Tronto25.55—
3×3 Fewest MovesSebastiano Tronto25 moves26.33
3×3 one-handedSebastiano Tronto15.5816.60
ClockTobias Peter8.168.94
MegaminxMarco Belotti55.151:00.88
Square-1Marco Rota13.0016.39
4×4 blindfoldedSebastiano Tronto4:02.81—
5×5 blindfoldedSebastiano Tronto12:13.00—

The PB harvest

100 set · 19 still standing
  • Tommaso Zoffoli — 2×2 single 1.75: into the top 3.3% of the event's history.
  • Guus de Wit — 4×4 single 35.81: into the top 7.5% of the event's history.
  • Marco Minici — 2×2 single 2.86: into the top 12.7% of the event's history.
  • Zhou Zheng (郑洲) — 2×2 single 3.23: into the top 17.0% of the event's history.
  • Gabriele Bacchieri — 4×4 single 45.31: into the top 18.7% of the event's history.
  • Rafaela Estrada — 2×2 single 3.94: into the top 25.7% of the event's history.
  • Florian Jakobs — 2×2 single 4.05: into the top 27.1% of the event's history.
  • Andrea Lo Sardo — 6×6 single 2:55.01: into the top 38.6% of the event's history.

First-timers

17 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

9 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

74 competitors · 462 results · 12 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 8.86 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

74 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.