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Riga Open 2015

Riga · 26 April 2015 · 6 events · 15 competitors · 23 personal bests

Vladislavs Baranovs won four of the six events (3×3, 2×2, 4×4) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Vladislavs Baranovs by 0.02 seconds. 15 competitors produced 23 personal bests, 8 of which still stand today, and two people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Vladislavs Baranovs set the 4×4 single national record: 36.20.

Four wins
Vladislavs Baranovs — 3×3, 2×2, 4×4, 3×3 one-handed
0.02s
closest final — 2×2, Vladislavs Baranovs over Ivans Gorbunovs
23
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Vladislavs Baranovs10.6314.47
2×2Vladislavs Baranovs3.564.20
4×4Vladislavs Baranovs36.2046.42
3×3 one-handedVladislavs Baranovs19.0922.70
PyraminxBoriss Benzerruki4.915.64
SkewbChristian Pizzasegola9.3712.74

The PB harvest

23 set · 8 still standing
  • Boriss Benzerruki — 2×2 single 1.84: into the top 3.8% of the event's history.
  • Christian Pizzasegola — 2×2 single 2.48: into the top 8.7% of the event's history.
  • Aigars Rozenbergs — 3×3 single 27.19: into the top 57.2% of the event's history.
  • Alberts Bērziņš — Pyraminx single 11.52: into the top 64.1% of the event's history.
  • Alberts Bērziņš — 3×3 one-handed single 39.24: into the top 64.2% of the event's history.
  • Igors Volohovs — 3×3 one-handed single 1:12.37: into the top 90.0% of the event's history.
  • Anders Larsson — 4×4 single 2:25.87: into the top 90.8% of the event's history.
  • Atis Hermanis — 4×4 single 2:37.04: into the top 93.2% of the event's history.

First-timers

Two people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 12,291 people who made their debut in 2015. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

1 regional record was set at this competition.

The field

15 competitors · 88 results · 6 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. Vladislavs Baranovs won it with a 14.47 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

15 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.