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Respighi Open 2014

Piacenza · 22 November 2014 · 8 events · 16 competitors · 30 personal bests

Alessandro Manopulo won two of the eight events (3×3, 5×5) and the closest final was the Skewb, won by Marco Rota by 0.61 seconds. 16 competitors produced 30 personal bests, 11 of which still stand today, and two people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Roberto Bentivoglio set the 3×3 Multi-Blind single national record: 13 of 13 cubes · 53:44.

Two wins
Alessandro Manopulo — 3×3, 5×5
0.61s
closest final — Skewb, Marco Rota over Alessandro Manopulo
30
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Alessandro Manopulo11.1511.60
2×2Matteo Provasi3.003.72
5×5Alessandro Manopulo1:33.561:38.66
3×3 blindfoldedFabrizio Cirnigliaro1:40.842:01.53
3×3 one-handedMatteo Provasi23.1327.23
SkewbMarco Rota5.786.50
Square-1Andrea Santambrogio18.2523.26
3×3 Multi-BlindRoberto Bentivoglio13 of 13 cubes · 53:44

The PB harvest

30 set · 11 still standing
  • Alessandro Manopulo — 3×3 single 8.00: into the top 2.8% of the event's history.
  • Andrea Santambrogio — 3×3 single 10.33: into the top 8.4% of the event's history.
  • Giacomo Monco — 3×3 single 12.00: into the top 13.9% of the event's history.
  • Giacomo Monco — 2×2 single 3.22: into the top 16.8% of the event's history.
  • Giacomo Monco — Square-1 single 15.83: into the top 18.3% of the event's history.
  • Giacomo Monco — 5×5 single 1:44.56: into the top 38.8% of the event's history.
  • Giacomo Monco — 3×3 one-handed single 28.88: into the top 44.1% of the event's history.
  • Alessio Colombo — 2×2 single 5.91: into the top 50.0% of the event's history.

First-timers

Two 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

1 regional record was set at this competition.

The field

16 competitors · 100 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. Alessandro Manopulo won it with a 11.60 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

16 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.