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Swiss Open 2017

Sursee · 21 July 2017 · 18 events · 73 competitors · 160 personal bests

Robert Yau won three of the 18 events (4×4, 5×5, 6×6) and the closest final was the Skewb, won by Alessio Giuliano by 0.12 seconds. 73 competitors produced 160 personal bests, 32 of which still stand today, and twelve people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Alwin Rölz set the 3×3 with feet single national record: 44.54.

Three wins
Robert Yau — 4×4, 5×5, 6×6
0.12s
closest final — Skewb, Alessio Giuliano over Tobias Peter
160
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Kennan LeJeune8.208.64
2×2Reto Bubendorf1.982.31
4×4Robert Yau31.2235.57
5×5Robert Yau57.7859.40
6×6Robert Yau1:59.272:05.30
7×7Breandan Vallance3:04.183:10.68
3×3 blindfoldedArthur Garcin31.49—
3×3 Fewest MovesReto Bubendorf26 moves28.00
3×3 one-handedCornelius Dieckmann10.6013.49
ClockJames Molloy7.527.89
MegaminxTianlang Han (韩天朗)49.1753.31
PyraminxAlwin Rölz2.863.28
SkewbAlessio Giuliano3.274.44
Square-1Chris Chi10.5712.67
4×4 blindfoldedOleg Gritsenko4:04.59—
5×5 blindfoldedOleg Gritsenko8:13.789:15.79
3×3 Multi-BlindOleg Gritsenko19 of 21 cubes · 58:12—
3×3 with feetDiego Meneghetti41.3746.43

The PB harvest

160 set · 32 still standing
  • Breandan Vallance — 3×3 one-handed single 13.52: into the top 5.3% of the event's history.
  • Kennan LeJeune — 3×3 one-handed single 14.71: into the top 7.5% of the event's history.
  • Robert Yau — 3×3 with feet single 47.80: into the top 10.0% of the event's history.
  • Rainie Liu (刘诗雨) — Pyraminx single 4.60: into the top 10.8% of the event's history.
  • Malik Beytrison — 2×2 single 3.05: into the top 14.8% of the event's history.
  • Timo Hromádka — Pyraminx single 5.42: into the top 15.9% of the event's history.
  • Kennan LeJeune — 5×5 single 1:17.53: into the top 17.2% of the event's history.
  • Samuel Wieland — Pyraminx single 6.01: into the top 20.1% of the event's history.

First-timers

Twelve 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

15 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

73 competitors · 1042 results · 18 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. Kennan LeJeune won it with a 8.64 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

73 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.