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Riga Open 2018

Rīga · 28 April 2018 · 6 events · 63 competitors · 61 personal bests

Imants Liepiņš won two of the six events (2×2, Skewb) and the closest final was the Skewb, won by Imants Liepiņš by 0.03 seconds. 63 competitors produced 61 personal bests, 16 of which still stand today, and 18 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Vladislavs Baranovs set the 4×4 single national record: 34.01.

Two wins
Imants Liepiņš — 2×2, Skewb
0.03s
closest final — Skewb, Imants Liepiņš over Francis Daniels Veğeris
61
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Mikus Lembergs9.8510.26
2×2Imants Liepiņš2.453.19
4×4Vladislavs Baranovs34.0139.63
3×3 one-handedTomas Jankauskas15.2016.05
PyraminxJēkabs Janovs3.724.54
SkewbImants Liepiņš4.305.70

The PB harvest

61 set · 16 still standing
  • Rūdolfs Dubovs — Pyraminx single 3.79: into the top 6.7% of the event's history.
  • Imants Liepiņš — 4×4 single 35.47: into the top 7.1% of the event's history.
  • Ralfs Āboliņš — Pyraminx single 4.20: into the top 8.7% of the event's history.
  • Mārtiņš Smilga — Pyraminx single 5.57: into the top 16.9% of the event's history.
  • Kristaps Kārkliņš — 3×3 single 16.93: into the top 30.8% of the event's history.
  • Ralfs Āboliņš — 2×2 single 4.36: into the top 31.1% of the event's history.
  • Līva Lemberga — 2×2 single 4.57: into the top 33.8% of the event's history.
  • Alens Strazdiņš — 3×3 single 21.54: into the top 44.2% of the event's history.

First-timers

18 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 26,076 people who made their debut in 2018. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

3 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

63 competitors · 324 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. Mikus Lembergs won it with a 10.26 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

63 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.