Competitions · Italy

Tuscany Open 2018

Montecatini Terme · 8 December 2018 · 8 events · 97 competitors · 77 personal bests

Massimiliano Iovane won two of the eight events (3×3, 3×3 one-handed) and the closest final was the 4×4, won by Pietro Gasparetto by 0.10 seconds. 97 competitors produced 77 personal bests, 27 of which still stand today, and 43 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Carolina Guidetti took a Pyraminx single of 21.70 down to 8.00, 63 percent better in one day.

Two wins

Massimiliano Iovane — 3×3, 3×3 one-handed

0.10s

closest final — 4×4, Pietro Gasparetto over Massimiliano Iovane

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Massimiliano Iovane	7.87	8.87
2×2	Marco Manno	2.46	3.26
4×4	Pietro Gasparetto	30.89	36.22
3×3 blindfolded	Lorenzo Vigani Poli	1:30.45	—
3×3 Fewest Moves	Marco Rota	29 moves	—
3×3 one-handed	Massimiliano Iovane	14.06	18.57
Clock	Alexander Karlov	7.06	8.12
Pyraminx	Marco Manno	3.41	4.20

The PB harvest

77 set · 27 still standing

Pietro Bianco — 3×3 single 10.30: into the top 8.4% of the event's history.
Gabriele Catarsi — 3×3 single 10.79: into the top 9.8% of the event's history.
Giovanni Marconi Nalim — 3×3 single 12.18: into the top 14.5% of the event's history.
Riccardo Paoli — 3×3 single 12.23: into the top 14.7% of the event's history.
Riccardo Voci — 3×3 single 12.86: into the top 16.9% of the event's history.
Andrea Ciolfi — 3×3 single 13.09: into the top 17.7% of the event's history.
Riccardo Voci — 3×3 one-handed single 20.93: into the top 23.1% of the event's history.
Matteo Martino — 3×3 single 15.50: into the top 26.1% of the event's history.

First-timers

43 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

No national, continental or world records were set at this competition. That is true of most competitions.

The field

97 competitors · 439 results · 8 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. Massimiliano Iovane won it with a 8.87 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

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solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

97 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.