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Skikda Open 2019

Skikda · 7 September 2019 · 4 events · 40 competitors · 3 personal bests

Mohamed Mezghiche won two of the four events (3×3, 2×2) and the closest final was the Pyraminx, won by Alaa Benammar by 0.26 seconds. 40 competitors produced 3 personal bests, and 38 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Salah Eddine Azzouz took a 3×3 single of 47.16 down to 38.04, 19 percent better in one day.

Two wins
Mohamed Mezghiche — 3×3, 2×2
0.26s
closest final — Pyraminx, Alaa Benammar over Abderrahman Hamza
3
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Mohamed Mezghiche30.4633.81
2×2Mohamed Mezghiche10.1712.13
4×4Abderrahman Hamza2:19.202:56.91
PyraminxAlaa Benammar13.2914.95

The PB harvest

3 set · 0 still standing

    First-timers

    38 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 27,871 people who made their debut in 2019. 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

    40 competitors · 73 results · 4 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. Mohamed Mezghiche won it with a 33.81 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

    solve 1

    solve 2

    solve 3

    solve 4

    solve 5

    Race this final

    Everyone who competed

    40 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.