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Rome Summer Open 2016

Rome · 24 July 2016 · 7 events · 30 competitors · 28 personal bests

Edoardo Disarò won six of the seven events (3×3, 2×2, 4×4) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Edoardo Disarò by 0.39 seconds. 30 competitors produced 28 personal bests, 8 of which still stand today, and five people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Riccardo Pironti took a 3×3 single of 54.22 down to 21.72, 60 percent better in one day.

Six wins
Edoardo Disarò — 3×3, 2×2, 4×4, 5×5, 3×3 Fewest Moves, 3×3 one-handed
0.39s
closest final — 2×2, Edoardo Disarò over Edoardo Annesi
28
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Edoardo Disarò8.819.90
2×2Edoardo Disarò2.933.52
4×4Edoardo Disarò35.4842.66
5×5Edoardo Disarò1:17.401:23.80
3×3 blindfoldedGianluca Placenti2:12.68
3×3 Fewest MovesEdoardo Disarò33 moves
3×3 one-handedEdoardo Disarò19.1121.01

The PB harvest

28 set · 8 still standing
  • Edoardo Disarò — 4×4 single 35.48: into the top 7.1% of the event's history.
  • Leonardo Marchizza — 2×2 single 2.96: into the top 13.8% of the event's history.
  • Daniele Gaggiotti — 3×3 single 18.44: into the top 35.5% of the event's history.
  • Angelo Landi — 3×3 single 23.24: into the top 48.5% of the event's history.
  • Francesco Capomassi — 3×3 single 24.66: into the top 51.9% of the event's history.
  • Sofia Malatesta — 2×2 single 6.13: into the top 52.2% of the event's history.
  • Daniele Gaggiotti — 4×4 single 1:15.94: into the top 52.5% of the event's history.
  • Simone Ciancotti — 3×3 one-handed single 42.94: into the top 69.2% of the event's history.

First-timers

Five people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 17,946 people who made their debut in 2016. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

No national, continental or world records were set at this competition. That is true of most competitions.

The field

30 competitors · 174 results · 7 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. Edoardo Disarò won it with a 9.90 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

30 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.