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Sandnes Open 2021

Sandnes · 16 October 2021 · 9 events · 36 competitors · 66 personal bests

Kim Roger Haraldsen won six of the nine events (3×3, 2×2, 4×4) and the closest final was the 4×4, won by Kim Roger Haraldsen by 0.02 seconds. 36 competitors produced 66 personal bests, 18 of which still stand today, and twelve people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Herman Westerlund Kalland set the 3×3 single national record: 5.38.

Six wins
Kim Roger Haraldsen — 3×3, 2×2, 4×4, 5×5, 6×6, 3×3 one-handed
0.02s
closest final — 4×4, Kim Roger Haraldsen over Ulrik Bredland
66
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Kim Roger Haraldsen5.867.57
2×2Kim Roger Haraldsen1.852.13
4×4Kim Roger Haraldsen30.1732.27
5×5Kim Roger Haraldsen52.991:00.71
6×6Kim Roger Haraldsen1:45.201:51.66
3×3 one-handedKim Roger Haraldsen12.9215.19
MegaminxHåkon Fredriksen43.1349.24
PyraminxStian Nystad Østli2.082.95
SkewbHennie Færden3.994.46

The PB harvest

66 set · 18 still standing
  • Andreas Jensen Forsgren — 3×3 one-handed single 12.66: into the top 3.9% of the event's history.
  • Magne Njå — 4×4 single 38.40: into the top 10.2% of the event's history.
  • Samuel Kro — 3×3 single 11.01: into the top 10.5% of the event's history.
  • Elmer Alexander Johnsen — 3×3 one-handed single 16.72: into the top 11.9% of the event's history.
  • Samuel Kro — Megaminx single 1:15.14: into the top 18.8% of the event's history.
  • Samuel Kro — 2×2 single 3.75: into the top 23.3% of the event's history.
  • Samuel Kro — 4×4 single 49.21: into the top 23.7% of the event's history.
  • Benjamin Bø — Skewb single 5.76: into the top 23.9% of the event's history.

First-timers

Twelve people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 4,438 people who made their debut in 2021. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

1 regional record was set at this competition.

The field

36 competitors · 405 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. Kim Roger Haraldsen won it with a 7.57 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

36 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.