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Ticino Open 2018

Carabbia · 17 November 2018 · 12 events · 27 competitors · 37 personal bests

Reto Bubendorf won four of the twelve events (2×2, 3×3 Fewest Moves, Pyraminx) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Reto Bubendorf by 0.18 seconds. 27 competitors produced 37 personal bests, 12 of which still stand today, and three people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Tobias Peter set the 3×3 blindfolded single national record: 40.39.

Four wins
Reto Bubendorf — 2×2, 3×3 Fewest Moves, Pyraminx, Square-1
0.18s
closest final — 2×2, Reto Bubendorf over Luca Rizzi
37
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Tobias Peter8.009.17
2×2Reto Bubendorf1.822.72
4×4Tobias Peter33.0237.38
5×5Theo Mayer1:03.221:10.17
3×3 blindfoldedOleg Gritsenko42.3144.55
3×3 Fewest MovesReto Bubendorf26 moves
3×3 one-handedTobias Peter12.1114.64
PyraminxReto Bubendorf2.944.12
Square-1Reto Bubendorf12.9715.77
4×4 blindfoldedOleg Gritsenko4:21.67
5×5 blindfoldedHannah Minas
3×3 Multi-BlindOleg Gritsenko17 of 18 cubes · 57:36

The PB harvest

37 set · 12 still standing
  • Tommaso Raposio — 2×2 single 1.98: into the top 4.6% of the event's history.
  • Felice Rossetti — 2×2 single 2.05: into the top 5.1% of the event's history.
  • Felice Rossetti — 3×3 single 10.16: into the top 7.9% of the event's history.
  • Lorenzo Guazzo — 4×4 single 40.61: into the top 12.8% of the event's history.
  • Oleg Gritsenko — 3×3 one-handed single 19.40: into the top 18.9% of the event's history.
  • Greta Cimmino — 2×2 single 3.51: into the top 20.3% of the event's history.
  • Lorenzo Guazzo — 5×5 single 1:23.78: into the top 22.2% of the event's history.
  • Theo Mayer — 3×3 blindfolded single 1:53.01: into the top 30.9% 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

27 competitors · 305 results · 12 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. Tobias Peter won it with a 9.17 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

27 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.