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Ticino Open 2017

Cadro · 10 June 2017 · 15 events · 33 competitors · 69 personal bests

Clément Cherblanc won five of the 15 events (5×5, 6×6, 7×7) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Theo Mayer by 0.06 seconds. 33 competitors produced 69 personal bests, 8 of which still stand today, and four people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Arthur Garcin set the 3×3 blindfolded single national record: 27.88.

Five wins
Clément Cherblanc — 5×5, 6×6, 7×7, Megaminx, Square-1
0.06s
closest final — 2×2, Theo Mayer over Reto Bubendorf
69
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Richard Delacoste7.108.63
2×2Theo Mayer2.582.74
4×4Richard Delacoste33.4737.07
5×5Clément Cherblanc1:11.401:14.93
6×6Clément Cherblanc2:12.472:27.52
7×7Clément Cherblanc3:18.733:27.22
3×3 blindfoldedArthur Garcin27.88
3×3 one-handedRichard Delacoste14.7816.19
MegaminxClément Cherblanc59.351:09.36
PyraminxLorenzo Mauro1.893.89
SkewbReto Bubendorf3.624.92
Square-1Clément Cherblanc12.0713.68
4×4 blindfoldedOleg Gritsenko3:53.725:22.85
5×5 blindfoldedArthur Garcin16:28.00
3×3 Multi-BlindOleg Gritsenko18 of 20 cubes · 57:50

The PB harvest

69 set · 8 still standing
  • Giorgio Zonta — 2×2 single 2.21: into the top 6.3% of the event's history.
  • Michele Solari — Skewb single 6.01: into the top 25.8% of the event's history.
  • Israel Springer — 3×3 one-handed single 22.61: into the top 27.7% of the event's history.
  • Lorenzo Guazzo — Pyraminx single 7.29: into the top 30.3% of the event's history.
  • Michele Solari — 4×4 single 1:11.96: into the top 48.8% of the event's history.
  • Michele Solari — 5×5 single 2:44.95: into the top 72.6% of the event's history.
  • Michele Solari — Square-1 single 52.25: into the top 78.0% of the event's history.
  • Taha Ben Salah — 7×7 single 7:30.86: into the top 84.7% of the event's history.

First-timers

Four 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

8 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

33 competitors · 400 results · 15 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. Richard Delacoste won it with a 8.63 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

33 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.