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Small Cubingitaly 2016

Roma · 17 April 2016 · 6 events · 38 competitors · 48 personal bests

Edoardo Annesi won two of the six events (3×3, 2×2) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Edoardo Annesi by 0.39 seconds. 38 competitors produced 48 personal bests, 18 of which still stand today, and nine people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Edoardo Annesi set the 2×2 average national record: 2.55.

Two wins
Edoardo Annesi — 3×3, 2×2
0.39s
closest final — 2×2, Edoardo Annesi over Mariano D'Imperio
48
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Edoardo Annesi9.2011.54
2×2Edoardo Annesi2.853.43
3×3 blindfoldedDaniele Panna2:22.34
3×3 one-handedMariano D'Imperio16.2518.38
PyraminxLeonardo Marchizza3.334.24
SkewbMarco Rota4.776.60

The PB harvest

48 set · 18 still standing
  • Leonardo Marchizza — 3×3 single 9.38: into the top 5.8% of the event's history.
  • Tommaso Martini — 2×2 single 2.28: into the top 6.9% of the event's history.
  • Davide Azzini — 3×3 single 11.31: into the top 11.5% of the event's history.
  • Gabriele Cappelletti — Skewb single 4.33: into the top 13.2% of the event's history.
  • Francesco Galetta — Pyraminx single 6.96: into the top 27.5% of the event's history.
  • Andrea Princic — 3×3 one-handed single 23.72: into the top 30.7% of the event's history.
  • Adrian Estrada — Skewb single 7.80: into the top 39.8% of the event's history.
  • Daniele Lops — Pyraminx single 8.78: into the top 42.9% of the event's history.

First-timers

Nine people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 17,946 people who made their debut in 2016. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

1 regional record was set at this competition.

The field

38 competitors · 262 results · 6 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. Edoardo Annesi won it with a 11.54 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

38 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.