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Swisscubing Cup III 2018

Bern · 1 September 2018 · 9 events · 42 competitors · 73 personal bests

Reto Bubendorf won two of the nine events (3×3, 2×2) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Reto Bubendorf by 0.06 seconds. 42 competitors produced 73 personal bests, 9 of which still stand today, and three people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Samuel Simko set the Pyraminx average national record: 2.39.

Two wins
Reto Bubendorf — 3×3, 2×2
0.06s
closest final — 3×3, Reto Bubendorf over Samuel Simko
73
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Reto Bubendorf7.609.06
2×2Reto Bubendorf1.752.59
4×4Alessio Giuliano36.3638.64
5×5Tobias Peter1:03.991:08.75
3×3 blindfoldedTobias Peter1:07.80
3×3 one-handedSamuel Simko11.4214.64
PyraminxSamuel Simko2.083.52
SkewbAlessio Giuliano3.524.34
Square-1Alwin Rölz11.7313.15

The PB harvest

73 set · 9 still standing
  • Alessio Giuliano — 2×2 single 2.22: into the top 6.4% of the event's history.
  • Livio Stössel — Pyraminx single 3.84: into the top 6.9% of the event's history.
  • Marcel Kälin — 2×2 single 2.54: into the top 9.3% of the event's history.
  • Yann Kull — Skewb single 4.31: into the top 13.1% of the event's history.
  • Georg Rieger — 3×3 single 15.56: into the top 26.3% of the event's history.
  • Kaspar Lanz — 3×3 single 21.52: into the top 44.1% of the event's history.
  • Georg Rieger — 3×3 one-handed single 32.59: into the top 52.5% of the event's history.
  • Alexander Dominik Janes — 4×4 single 1:54.12: into the top 78.9% of the event's history.

First-timers

Three people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 26,076 people who made their debut in 2018. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

1 regional record was set at this competition.

The field

42 competitors · 398 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. Reto Bubendorf won it with a 9.06 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

42 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.