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Sandnes Open 2017

Sandnes · 26 August 2017 · 13 events · 41 competitors · 91 personal bests

Kim Roger Haraldsen won five of the 13 events (3×3, 2×2, 4×4) and the closest final was the Pyraminx, won by Rumen Angelov by 0.04 seconds. 41 competitors produced 91 personal bests, 24 of which still stand today, and 15 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Gregor Billing set the 3×3 blindfolded single national record: 26.19.

Five wins
Kim Roger Haraldsen — 3×3, 2×2, 4×4, 5×5, 7×7
0.04s
closest final — Pyraminx, Rumen Angelov over Magne Njå
91
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Kim Roger Haraldsen7.329.74
2×2Kim Roger Haraldsen1.152.53
4×4Kim Roger Haraldsen34.3840.22
5×5Kim Roger Haraldsen1:14.901:22.84
6×6Knut Skaug Haraldsen2:11.512:27.75
7×7Kim Roger Haraldsen3:51.214:02.26
3×3 blindfoldedGregor Billing26.19
3×3 Fewest MovesVidar Norstein Klungre30 moves
3×3 one-handedKnut Skaug Haraldsen14.6017.39
MegaminxAndreas Jensen Forsgren1:24.711:25.54
PyraminxRumen Angelov3.414.98
SkewbEirik Frydenlund Norling2.723.97
3×3 with feetVidar Norstein Klungre1:02.441:44.77

The PB harvest

91 set · 24 still standing

First-timers

15 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

7 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

41 competitors · 394 results · 13 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. Kim Roger Haraldsen won it with a 9.74 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

41 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.