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Competitions · Norway

UiO Open 2016

Oslo · 7 February 2016 · 6 events · 56 competitors · 66 personal bests

Morten Arborg won three of the six events (3×3, 4×4, 3×3 one-handed) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Morten Arborg by 0.17 seconds. 56 competitors produced 66 personal bests, 17 of which still stand today, and 20 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Morten Arborg set the 3×3 one-handed average national record: 14.12.

Three wins
Morten Arborg — 3×3, 4×4, 3×3 one-handed
0.17s
closest final — 3×3, Morten Arborg over Eric Limeback
66
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Morten Arborg6.608.84
2×2Jonatan Solheim2.733.00
4×4Morten Arborg32.2838.78
3×3 blindfoldedEric Limeback56.37
3×3 one-handedMorten Arborg13.4014.94
PyraminxRasmus Andersson4.326.46

The PB harvest

66 set · 17 still standing

First-timers

20 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

2 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

56 competitors · 277 results · 6 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. Morten Arborg won it with a 8.84 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

56 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.