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Setif Spring Open 2018

Setif · 21 April 2018 · 5 events · 36 competitors · 13 personal bests

Yassine Bettahar won three of the five events (3×3, 2×2, 3×3 one-handed) and the closest final was the Pyraminx, won by Slimane Siroukane by 0.75 seconds. 36 competitors produced 13 personal bests, 8 of which still stand today, and 23 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A continental record

Yassine Bettahar set the 3×3 one-handed single continental record: 14.31.

Three wins
Yassine Bettahar — 3×3, 2×2, 3×3 one-handed
0.75s
closest final — Pyraminx, Slimane Siroukane over Mouhamed Islem Boukri
13
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Yassine Bettahar7.619.44
2×2Yassine Bettahar3.423.98
4×4Slimane Siroukane1:17.551:25.48
3×3 one-handedYassine Bettahar14.3118.07
PyraminxSlimane Siroukane13.1613.88

The PB harvest

13 set · 8 still standing
  • Yassine Bettahar — 3×3 single 6.73: into the top 1.1% of the event's history.
  • Yassine Bettahar — 3×3 one-handed single 14.31: into the top 6.7% of the event's history.
  • Meryame Arezki — 3×3 single 28.78: into the top 60.4% of the event's history.
  • Youcef Maouch — 3×3 single 29.38: into the top 61.4% of the event's history.
  • Meryame Arezki — 2×2 single 13.72: into the top 88.3% of the event's history.
  • Younes Bahi — 2×2 single 14.37: into the top 89.5% of the event's history.
  • Louay Bekkar — 3×3 single 55.96: into the top 89.7% of the event's history.
  • Lokmane Bahi — 2×2 single 15.63: into the top 91.4% of the event's history.

First-timers

23 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 26,076 people who made their debut in 2018. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

3 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

36 competitors · 94 results · 5 events.

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.