Competitions · Italy

Roma Open 2011

Rome · 7 May 2011 · 14 events · 17 competitors · 24 personal bests

Giovanni Contardi won seven of the 14 events (3×3, 4×4, 5×5) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Giovanni Contardi by 0.10 seconds. 17 competitors produced 24 personal bests, 2 of which still stand today, and seven people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A continental record

Giovanni Contardi set the 3×3 average continental record: 8.54.

Seven wins

Giovanni Contardi — 3×3, 4×4, 5×5, 7×7, 3×3 one-handed, Megaminx, Pyraminx

0.10s

closest final — 3×3, Giovanni Contardi over Paolo Moriello

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Giovanni Contardi	8.53	10.36
2×2	Massimiliano Iovane	3.55	3.86
4×4	Giovanni Contardi	35.22	40.03
5×5	Giovanni Contardi	1:24.50	1:30.61
6×6	Massimiliano Iovane	2:36.05	2:49.78
7×7	Giovanni Contardi	5:04.61	5:13.39
3×3 blindfolded	Fabrizio Cirnigliaro	1:42.94	—
3×3 one-handed	Giovanni Contardi	20.00	21.85
Megaminx	Giovanni Contardi	1:21.80	1:25.97
Pyraminx	Giovanni Contardi	5.71	8.84
4×4 blindfolded	Fabrizio Cirnigliaro	9:04.90	—
3×3 Multi-Blind	Fabrizio Cirnigliaro	8 of 9 cubes · 55:59	—
Magic	Simone Ciancotti	1.47	2.07
Master Magic	Simone Ciancotti	2.84	2.98

The PB harvest

24 set · 2 still standing

Simone Ciancotti — Megaminx single 3:25.58: into the top 82.4% of the event's history.
Simone Ciancotti — 7×7 single 8:31.03: into the top 91.6% of the event's history.

First-timers

Seven people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 4,302 people who made their debut in 2011. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

5 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

17 competitors · 123 results · 14 events.

Everyone who competed

17 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.