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Vårgårda Open 2012

Vårgårda · 21 July 2012 · 17 events · 53 competitors · 103 personal bests

Simon Westlund won five of the 17 events (4×4, 5×5, 3×3 blindfolded) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Morten Arborg by 0.02 seconds. 53 competitors produced 103 personal bests, 40 of which still stand today, and 18 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Gunnar Krig set the 4×4 single national record: 33.97.

Five wins
Simon Westlund — 4×4, 5×5, 3×3 blindfolded, Megaminx, Magic
0.02s
closest final — 2×2, Morten Arborg over Simon Westlund
103
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Morten Arborg9.5010.02
2×2Morten Arborg2.753.43
4×4Simon Westlund45.7246.95
5×5Simon Westlund1:08.901:22.65
3×3 blindfoldedSimon Westlund1:08.91
3×3 Fewest MovesGunnar Krig32 moves
3×3 one-handedMorten Arborg12.9316.66
ClockHampus Hansson8.5910.84
MegaminxSimon Westlund52.6356.35
PyraminxOscar Roth Andersen3.383.54
Square-1Tomas Kristiansson16.0220.86
4×4 blindfoldedIstván Kocza9:03.69
5×5 blindfoldedIstván Kocza18:22.00
3×3 Multi-BlindIstván Kocza10 of 11 cubes · 54:32
3×3 with feetVidar Norstein Klungre57.2859.27
MagicSimon Westlund1.251.53
Master MagicOle Nikolai Gjerset2.532.93

The PB harvest

103 set · 40 still standing
  • Ole Nikolai Gjerset — Master Magic single 2.53: into the top 6.9% of the event's history.
  • Hampus Hansson — Master Magic single 2.56: into the top 7.5% of the event's history.
  • Henrik Anfinsen — 3×3 single 10.13: into the top 7.8% of the event's history.
  • Simon Westlund — Square-1 single 12.91: into the top 11.7% of the event's history.
  • Hampus Hansson — 3×3 single 11.96: into the top 13.8% of the event's history.
  • Hampus Hansson — Clock single 8.59: into the top 17.9% of the event's history.
  • Kåre Krig — 3×3 Fewest Moves single 32 moves: into the top 20.4% of the event's history.
  • Oscar Roth Andersen — 3×3 with feet single 1:11.05: into the top 21.6% of the event's history.

First-timers

18 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 4,376 people who made their debut in 2012. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

8 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

53 competitors · 460 results · 17 events.

Everyone who competed

53 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.