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SSL 2 Stockholm 2017

Stockholm · 8 April 2017 · 14 events · 117 competitors · 138 personal bests

Daniel Wallin won four of the 14 events (4×4, 4×4 blindfolded, 5×5 blindfolded) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Jakob Gunnarsson by 0.02 seconds. 117 competitors produced 138 personal bests, 28 of which still stand today, and 48 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Daniel Wallin set the 5×5 blindfolded single national record: 12:40.00.

Four wins
Daniel Wallin — 4×4, 4×4 blindfolded, 5×5 blindfolded, 3×3 Multi-Blind
0.02s
closest final — 2×2, Jakob Gunnarsson over Daniel Wallin
138
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Keaton Ellis7.668.49
2×2Jakob Gunnarsson1.552.42
4×4Daniel Wallin35.9637.54
5×5Keaton Ellis1:10.861:16.40
6×6Wilhelm Kilders2:09.122:14.08
7×7Wilhelm Kilders2:56.433:11.39
3×3 blindfoldedTomas Kristiansson56.80—
3×3 Fewest MovesMats Kollbrink31 moves—
3×3 one-handedJoel Ulin11.1713.40
PyraminxThomas Mæhle Schmidt3.123.96
SkewbAnders Berggren3.364.46
4×4 blindfoldedDaniel Wallin5:14.44—
5×5 blindfoldedDaniel Wallin12:40.00—
3×3 Multi-BlindDaniel Wallin9 of 11 cubes · 49:49—

The PB harvest

138 set · 28 still standing
  • Joel Ulin — Skewb single 3.24: into the top 6.3% of the event's history.
  • Malkolm Sundén — 2×2 single 2.51: into the top 9.0% of the event's history.
  • Victor Ålsjö — Skewb single 4.35: into the top 13.4% of the event's history.
  • Milo Genberg — 2×2 single 3.14: into the top 15.9% of the event's history.
  • Gabriel Ekholm — 3×3 single 13.26: into the top 18.3% of the event's history.
  • Gabriel Ekholm — 2×2 single 3.48: into the top 20.0% of the event's history.
  • Marcus Gustafsson — 3×3 single 13.88: into the top 20.5% of the event's history.
  • Gabriel Ekholm — Skewb single 5.50: into the top 22.0% of the event's history.

First-timers

48 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 23,482 people who made their debut in 2017. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

4 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

117 competitors · 780 results · 14 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. Keaton Ellis won it with a 8.49 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

117 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.