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Competitions · Finland

Tapiola Winter Open 2019

Espoo · 14 December 2019 · 13 events · 37 competitors · 69 personal bests

Kari Hyttinen won four of the 13 events (3×3, 5×5, 3×3 one-handed) and the closest final was the 3×3 one-handed, won by Kari Hyttinen by 0.14 seconds. 37 competitors produced 69 personal bests, 17 of which still stand today, and three people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Said Zafer set the Clock single national record: 14.67.

Four wins
Kari Hyttinen — 3×3, 5×5, 3×3 one-handed, Megaminx
0.14s
closest final — 3×3 one-handed, Kari Hyttinen over Pessi Ansaranta
69
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Kari Hyttinen6.709.30
2×2Pessi Ansaranta2.012.66
4×4Joonas Silvennoinen37.5638.74
5×5Kari Hyttinen57.231:09.84
3×3 blindfoldedTimo Norrkniivilä24.3525.99
3×3 Fewest MovesAleksandr Beznogov24 moves26.33
3×3 one-handedKari Hyttinen13.3614.77
ClockTimo Norrkniivilä6.067.26
MegaminxKari Hyttinen49.7357.36
PyraminxTimo Norrkniivilä3.714.39
SkewbAleksandr Beznogov2.683.54
Square-1Juho Arjanne12.7015.74
3×3 Multi-BlindArttu Puttonen2 of 3 cubes · 18:18

The PB harvest

69 set · 17 still standing
  • Pessi Ansaranta — 3×3 single 5.77: into the top 0.36% of the event's history.
  • Said Zafer — Skewb single 3.89: into the top 10.1% of the event's history.
  • Pessi Ansaranta — 5×5 single 1:08.06: into the top 10.3% of the event's history.
  • Alexander Hagström — 3×3 single 11.14: into the top 10.9% of the event's history.
  • Eero Kaartokangas — 2×2 single 3.29: into the top 17.7% of the event's history.
  • Aapo Friman — 3×3 one-handed single 19.73: into the top 19.8% of the event's history.
  • Edvin Narjanen — 3×3 one-handed single 20.22: into the top 21.1% of the event's history.
  • Santtu Jalo — 3×3 single 15.30: into the top 25.4% of the event's history.

First-timers

Three people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 27,871 people who made their debut in 2019. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

3 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

37 competitors · 415 results · 13 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. Kari Hyttinen won it with a 9.30 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

37 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.