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Vantaa Open 2014

Vantaa · 13 December 2014 · 17 events · 20 competitors · 33 personal bests

Janne Lehtimäki won five of the 17 events (2×2, 3×3 blindfolded, 3×3 Fewest Moves) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Janne Lehtimäki by 0.21 seconds. 20 competitors produced 33 personal bests, 7 of which still stand today, and four people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Niko Paavilainen set the 5×5 single national record: 1:05.34.

Five wins
Janne Lehtimäki — 2×2, 3×3 blindfolded, 3×3 Fewest Moves, 4×4 blindfolded, 3×3 Multi-Blind
0.21s
closest final — 2×2, Janne Lehtimäki over Kim Jokinen
33
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Kim Jokinen9.4710.01
2×2Janne Lehtimäki2.864.27
4×4Kim Jokinen37.5641.97
5×5Niko Paavilainen1:05.341:13.62
6×6Niko Paavilainen2:22.322:43.43
7×7Niko Paavilainen2:59.693:01.93
3×3 blindfoldedJanne Lehtimäki44.4353.33
3×3 Fewest MovesJanne Lehtimäki
3×3 one-handedKim Jokinen15.0519.39
ClockNathaniel Berg6.298.55
MegaminxNiko Paavilainen1:08.761:15.22
PyraminxKim Jokinen3.493.99
SkewbNiko Ronkainen4.405.07
Square-1Aili Asikainen27.2237.57
4×4 blindfoldedJanne Lehtimäki4:15.07
5×5 blindfoldedOlli Vikstedt
3×3 Multi-BlindJanne Lehtimäki15 of 21 cubes · 1:00:00

The PB harvest

33 set · 7 still standing
  • Elmo Tiitola — 4×4 single 35.92: into the top 7.6% of the event's history.
  • Niko Paavilainen — 3×3 one-handed single 15.64: into the top 9.4% of the event's history.
  • Elmo Tiitola — 3×3 one-handed single 17.97: into the top 15.0% of the event's history.
  • Elmo Tiitola — 7×7 single 4:33.95: into the top 42.4% of the event's history.
  • Nicolas Gosalvez — 3×3 single 26.18: into the top 55.1% of the event's history.
  • Kim Jokinen — 3×3 Multi-Blind single 2 of 2 cubes · 6:29: into the top 60.8% of the event's history.
  • Max Granlund — Skewb single 14.02: into the top 74.8% of the event's history.

First-timers

Four people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 9,275 people who made their debut in 2014. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

8 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

20 competitors · 191 results · 17 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. Kim Jokinen won it with a 10.01 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

20 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.