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Salento Tarallucci e Cubing 2025

San Vito dei Normanni · 14 June 2025 · 9 events · 33 competitors · 52 personal bests

Sofia Saletnich won five of the nine events (3×3, 5×5, 3×3 one-handed) and the closest final was the Pyraminx, won by Sofia Saletnich by 0.41 seconds. 33 competitors produced 52 personal bests, 35 of which still stand today, and nine people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Antonello Simeone took a Skewb single of 9.66 down to 4.32, 55 percent better in one day.

Five wins
Sofia Saletnich — 3×3, 5×5, 3×3 one-handed, Megaminx, Pyraminx
0.41s
closest final — Pyraminx, Sofia Saletnich over Antonello Simeone
52
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Sofia Saletnich6.758.13
2×2Giovanni Piscitelli1.812.28
4×4Alessandro Nicolì29.5531.77
5×5Sofia Saletnich55.3358.70
3×3 blindfoldedMarco Rota1:41.06
3×3 one-handedSofia Saletnich13.6214.35
MegaminxSofia Saletnich40.2444.93
PyraminxSofia Saletnich2.603.92
SkewbMarco Rota3.864.51

The PB harvest

52 set · 35 still standing

First-timers

Nine people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 28,483 people who made their debut in 2025. 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

33 competitors · 285 results · 9 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. Sofia Saletnich won it with a 8.13 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

33 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.