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Tunisia Summer Open 2016

Monastir · 8 July 2016 · 7 events · 27 competitors · 18 personal bests

Hatem Araar won three of the seven events (2×2, 4×4, 5×5) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Hatem Araar by 0.17 seconds. 27 competitors produced 18 personal bests, 6 of which still stand today, and 13 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Hassen Kallala set the 3×3 one-handed single national record: 26.34.

Three wins
Hatem Araar — 2×2, 4×4, 5×5
0.17s
closest final — 2×2, Hatem Araar over Mahmoud Ibrahim
18
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Hassen Kallala12.7913.94
2×2Hatem Araar6.468.17
4×4Hatem Araar1:24.661:39.83
5×5Hatem Araar4:37.23
3×3 one-handedHassen Kallala26.3440.76
MegaminxMahmoud Ibrahim5:05.22
PyraminxMoatez Bedoui11.4713.37

The PB harvest

18 set · 6 still standing
  • Hatem Araar — 2×2 single 5.22: into the top 42.1% of the event's history.
  • Hatem Araar — 3×3 single 23.99: into the top 50.3% of the event's history.
  • Hatem Araar — 4×4 single 1:24.66: into the top 59.6% of the event's history.
  • Hatem Araar — Pyraminx single 13.04: into the top 73.1% of the event's history.
  • Hatem Araar — 3×3 one-handed single 49.55: into the top 76.3% of the event's history.
  • Mohamed Helmi Zarai — 3×3 single 1:03.76: into the top 93.0% of the event's history.

First-timers

13 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 17,946 people who made their debut in 2016. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

1 regional record was set at this competition.

The field

27 competitors · 79 results · 7 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. Hassen Kallala won it with a 13.94 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

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.