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Small CubingItaly 2015

Rome · 15 March 2015 · 7 events · 28 competitors · 35 personal bests

Nicola Barbaro won two of the seven events (3×3 one-handed, 3×3 with feet) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Edoardo Annesi by 0.30 seconds. 28 competitors produced 35 personal bests, 10 of which still stand today, and four people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Nicola Barbaro set the 3×3 single national record: 6.64.

Two wins
Nicola Barbaro — 3×3 one-handed, 3×3 with feet
0.30s
closest final — 2×2, Edoardo Annesi over Nicola Barbaro
35
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Paolo Moriello8.419.89
2×2Edoardo Annesi3.664.05
4×4Massimiliano Iovane31.7937.79
3×3 one-handedNicola Barbaro14.1815.21
PyraminxLeonardo Marchizza3.754.45
SkewbAlessandro Manopulo5.596.65
3×3 with feetNicola Barbaro1:29.221:59.10

The PB harvest

35 set · 10 still standing
  • Alejandro Salerno — 3×3 single 12.97: into the top 17.3% of the event's history.
  • Alejandro Salerno — 2×2 single 3.59: into the top 21.3% of the event's history.
  • Edoardo Annesi — Pyraminx single 6.91: into the top 27.2% of the event's history.
  • Giorgio Giannantoni — Skewb single 9.97: into the top 54.8% of the event's history.
  • Luciano Spada — 4×4 single 1:22.71: into the top 58.1% of the event's history.
  • Riccardo Silvestri — Pyraminx single 10.84: into the top 59.3% of the event's history.
  • Nicolò Dilettuso — 3×3 single 35.72: into the top 71.5% of the event's history.
  • Nicolò Dilettuso — Pyraminx single 13.35: into the top 74.8% of the event's history.

First-timers

Four people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 12,291 people who made their debut in 2015. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

3 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

28 competitors · 208 results · 7 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. Paolo Moriello won it with a 9.89 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

28 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.