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Vantaa Back to School 2019

Vantaa · 17 August 2019 · 16 events · 62 competitors · 140 personal bests

Linus Laurén won five of the 16 events (3×3, 2×2, Pyraminx) and the closest final was the Skewb, won by Linus Laurén by 0.12 seconds. 62 competitors produced 140 personal bests, 39 of which still stand today, and five people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Timo Norrkniivilä set the 5×5 blindfolded single national record: 7:25.65.

Five wins
Linus Laurén — 3×3, 2×2, Pyraminx, Skewb, Square-1
0.12s
closest final — Skewb, Linus Laurén over Urho Kinnunen
140
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Linus Laurén6.867.79
2×2Linus Laurén1.942.66
4×4Finn Ickler28.0838.52
5×5Kari Hyttinen1:00.711:05.71
6×6Kari Hyttinen1:57.622:14.43
7×7Kari Hyttinen3:08.593:23.15
3×3 blindfoldedTimo Norrkniivilä29.2531.92
3×3 one-handedPessi Ansaranta11.9113.94
ClockNiko Ronkainen6.287.04
MegaminxJoonas Silvennoinen49.1853.22
PyraminxLinus Laurén2.913.70
SkewbLinus Laurén3.204.05
Square-1Linus Laurén9.1410.97
4×4 blindfoldedTimo Norrkniivilä3:09.68—
5×5 blindfoldedTimo Norrkniivilä7:25.65—
3×3 Multi-BlindJan Bentlage18 of 21 cubes · 58:29—

The PB harvest

140 set · 39 still standing
  • Rasmus Hagnäs — 3×3 single 7.84: into the top 2.5% of the event's history.
  • Joonas Silvennoinen — 5×5 single 1:02.01: into the top 6.6% of the event's history.
  • Eetu Rajaviita — Skewb single 3.32: into the top 6.7% of the event's history.
  • Rasmus Hagnäs — 4×4 single 35.07: into the top 6.8% of the event's history.
  • Linus Laurén — Clock single 6.05: into the top 7.4% of the event's history.
  • Alex Kekkonen — 3×3 single 10.02: into the top 7.5% of the event's history.
  • Alex Kekkonen — 2×2 single 2.58: into the top 9.7% of the event's history.
  • Arif Zafer — 2×2 single 2.61: into the top 10.0% of the event's history.

First-timers

Five people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 27,871 people who made their debut in 2019. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

2 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

62 competitors · 679 results · 16 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. Linus Laurén won it with a 7.79 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

62 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.