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Riga Open 2017

Rīga · 1 April 2017 · 6 events · 42 competitors · 49 personal bests

Tomas Jankauskas won three of the six events (3×3, 4×4, 3×3 one-handed) and the closest final was the 4×4, won by Tomas Jankauskas by 0.03 seconds. 42 competitors produced 49 personal bests, 14 of which still stand today, and eleven people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Erik Kippus set the 5×5 single national record: 1:58.45.

Three wins
Tomas Jankauskas — 3×3, 4×4, 3×3 one-handed
0.03s
closest final — 4×4, Tomas Jankauskas over Vilius Ribinskas
49
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Tomas Jankauskas8.8710.36
2×2Vilius Ribinskas2.202.89
4×4Tomas Jankauskas41.7445.70
5×5Vladislavs Baranovs1:16.651:19.81
3×3 one-handedTomas Jankauskas11.6915.58
PyraminxBoriss Benzerruki4.026.10

The PB harvest

49 set · 14 still standing
  • Mikus Jānis Gailis — 3×3 single 13.40: into the top 18.9% of the event's history.
  • Mikus Jānis Gailis — Pyraminx single 6.08: into the top 20.6% of the event's history.
  • Inalds Kovaļovs — Pyraminx single 6.16: into the top 21.2% of the event's history.
  • Artūrs Vasiļjevs — 2×2 single 4.10: into the top 27.8% of the event's history.
  • Aleksandra Volohova — Pyraminx single 7.14: into the top 29.0% of the event's history.
  • Boriss Benzerruki — 4×4 single 54.93: into the top 30.7% of the event's history.
  • Paulis Janovs — Pyraminx single 9.03: into the top 45.1% of the event's history.
  • Ansis Plēpis — 5×5 single 1:55.01: into the top 46.0% of the event's history.

First-timers

Eleven people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 23,482 people who made their debut in 2017. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

6 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

42 competitors · 254 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. Tomas Jankauskas won it with a 10.36 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

42 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.