Competitions · Iran

Summer with Cubers 2014

Tehran · 14 August 2014 · 9 events · 46 competitors · 68 personal bests

Amir Hossein Nafisi (امیر حسین نفیسی) won two of the nine events (Clock, Pyraminx) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Mohammad Reza Karimi (محمد رضا کریمی) by 0.10 seconds. 46 competitors produced 68 personal bests, 21 of which still stand today, and eleven people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Parsa Saeed Nia (پارسا سعیدنیا) set the 3×3 blindfolded single national record: 1:18.53.

Two wins

Amir Hossein Nafisi (امیر حسین نفیسی) — Clock, Pyraminx

0.10s

closest final — 2×2, Mohammad Reza Karimi (محمد رضا کریمی) over Mehrzad Goli (مهرزاد گلی)

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Seyyed Mohammad Hossein Fatemi (سید محمد حسین فاطمی)	7.86	9.61
2×2	Mohammad Reza Karimi (محمد رضا کریمی)	2.30	2.90
4×4	Armin Soleimani (آرمین سلیمانی)	33.84	40.75
5×5	Mohammad Sadegh Majidi (محمد صادق مجیدی)	1:21.43	1:25.07
3×3 blindfolded	Parsa Saeed Nia (پارسا سعیدنیا)	1:18.53	—
3×3 one-handed	Fardin Bahadory Nejad (فردین بهادری نژاد)	11.18	15.92
Clock	Amir Hossein Nafisi (امیر حسین نفیسی)	7.28	9.42
Pyraminx	Amir Hossein Nafisi (امیر حسین نفیسی)	4.22	4.98
3×3 with feet	Ali Farahani (علی فراهانی)	1:20.47	1:32.42

The PB harvest

68 set · 21 still standing

Erfan Moradi (عرفان مرادی) — 3×3 single 9.78: into the top 6.9% of the event's history.
Amir Hossein Nafisi (امیر حسین نفیسی) — Clock single 7.28: into the top 12.1% of the event's history.
Seyyed Ali Reza Heidari (سید علی رضا حیدری) — Pyraminx single 5.40: into the top 15.8% of the event's history.
Ali Sharifi (علی شریفی) — 3×3 single 12.68: into the top 16.3% of the event's history.
Mehrdad Navidian Mehr (مهرداد نویدیان مهر) — 2×2 single 3.19: into the top 16.5% of the event's history.
Seyyed Ali Reza Heidari (سید علی رضا حیدری) — 2×2 single 3.59: into the top 21.3% of the event's history.
Sina Salehpour (سینا صالح پور) — Clock single 9.43: into the top 22.1% of the event's history.
Amir Hosein Mahdavi (امیر حسین مهدوی) — 3×3 single 15.08: into the top 24.7% of the event's history.

First-timers

Eleven people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 9,275 people who made their debut in 2014. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

5 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

46 competitors · 285 results · 9 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. Seyyed Mohammad Hossein Fatemi (سید محمد حسین فاطمی) won it with a 9.61 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

46 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.