Competitions · Iran

ViraCup 2023

Kermanshah (کرمانشاه) · 2 March 2023 · 11 events · 93 competitors · 36 personal bests

Arian Geravandi (آرین گراوندی) won three of the eleven events (4×4, 6×6, 3×3 blindfolded) and the closest final was the 4×4, won by Arian Geravandi (آرین گراوندی) by 0.00 seconds. 93 competitors produced 36 personal bests, 10 of which still stand today, and 65 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Sina Haghighi (سینا حقیقی) set the 3×3 Multi-Blind single national record: 9 of 10 cubes · 56:09.

Three wins

Arian Geravandi (آرین گراوندی) — 4×4, 6×6, 3×3 blindfolded

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closest final — 4×4, Arian Geravandi (آرین گراوندی) over Amirali Haghighianfard (امیرعلی حقیقیانفرد)

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Amirali Farajnezhad (امیرعلی فرج نژاد)	7.86	8.81
2×2	Sam Mehmani (سام مهمانی)	1.66	2.16
4×4	Arian Geravandi (آرین گراوندی)	35.09	38.36
6×6	Arian Geravandi (آرین گراوندی)	2:47.74	3:00.66
7×7	Amir Reza Zargar Javaheri (امیر رضا زرگر جواهری)	4:45.12	4:49.44
3×3 blindfolded	Arian Geravandi (آرین گراوندی)	1:26.08	—
3×3 Fewest Moves	Sam Mehmani (سام مهمانی)	33 moves	34.33
Clock	Amir Hossein Nafisi (امیر حسین نفیسی)	7.54	9.50
Pyraminx	Mohammad Soroush Hoseini (محمد سروش حسینی)	2.96	3.22
Skewb	Farid Fakhrian (فرید فخریان)	3.93	5.85
3×3 Multi-Blind	Sina Haghighi (سینا حقیقی)	9 of 10 cubes · 56:09	—

The PB harvest

36 set · 10 still standing

Mohammad Reza Karimi (محمد رضا کریمی) — 3×3 single 8.27: into the top 3.3% of the event's history.
Arses Shahravan (آرسس شهروان) — 3×3 single 9.61: into the top 6.4% of the event's history.
Amirreza Nouri (امیررضا نوری) — 3×3 single 9.65: into the top 6.5% of the event's history.
Aria Aghabozorgi — 3×3 single 9.66: into the top 6.5% of the event's history.
Amin Alhabibi (امین الحبیبی) — 3×3 single 10.64: into the top 9.4% of the event's history.
Erfan Memariani (عرفان معماریانی) — 3×3 single 10.88: into the top 10.1% of the event's history.
Arian Alhani (آرین الحانی) — 3×3 single 11.12: into the top 10.9% of the event's history.
Amir Reza Zargar Javaheri (امیر رضا زرگر جواهری) — 4×4 single 40.34: into the top 12.5% of the event's history.

First-timers

65 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 37,591 people who made their debut in 2023. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

1 regional record was set at this competition.

The field

93 competitors · 319 results · 11 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. Amirali Farajnezhad (امیرعلی فرج نژاد) won it with a 8.81 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

93 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.