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Tehran · 18 February 2022 · 6 events · 63 competitors · 37 personal bests

Hossein Bodaghi Roshan (حسین بوداغی روشن) won the 3×3 with a 8.59 and the closest final was the Pyraminx, won by Mohammad Soroush Hoseini (محمد سروش حسینی) by 0.05 seconds. 63 competitors produced 37 personal bests, 20 of which still stand today, and 31 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Homayoon Qotbeddini (همایون قطب الدینی) set the 3×3 Multi-Blind single national record: 8 of 9 cubes · 58:38.

events decided

0.05s

closest final — Pyraminx, Mohammad Soroush Hoseini (محمد سروش حسینی) over Sepehr Lotfi (سپهر لطفی)

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Hossein Bodaghi Roshan (حسین بوداغی روشن)	7.52	8.59
2×2	Sam Mehmani (سام مهمانی)	1.74	2.21
3×3 one-handed	Mohammad Reza Karimi (محمد رضا کریمی)	12.35	14.87
Pyraminx	Mohammad Soroush Hoseini (محمد سروش حسینی)	1.76	3.64
Skewb	Kasra Sarebanha (کسری ساربانها)	2.98	4.47
3×3 Multi-Blind	Homayoon Qotbeddini (همایون قطب الدینی)	8 of 9 cubes · 58:38	—

The PB harvest

37 set · 20 still standing

Hossein Bodaghi Roshan (حسین بوداغی روشن) — 3×3 one-handed single 13.13: into the top 4.6% of the event's history.
Mohammad Mahdi Khosravi (محمد مهدی خسروی) — 2×2 single 2.10: into the top 5.4% of the event's history.
Mohammad Mahdi Khosravi (محمد مهدی خسروی) — 3×3 one-handed single 15.43: into the top 9.0% of the event's history.
Ali Valizadeh (علی ولیزاده) — 2×2 single 2.56: into the top 9.5% of the event's history.
Ali Valizadeh (علی ولیزاده) — Skewb single 4.01: into the top 11.0% of the event's history.
Ehsan Rajabi Vahdat (احسان رجبی وحدت) — 2×2 single 3.05: into the top 14.8% of the event's history.
Benyamin Seddiqi (بنیامین صدیقی) — 3×3 single 12.38: into the top 15.2% of the event's history.
Amir Hosein Asghari (امیرحسین اصغری) — 3×3 single 13.06: into the top 17.6% of the event's history.

First-timers

31 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 26,245 people who made their debut in 2022. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

1 regional record was set at this competition.

The field

63 competitors · 217 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. Hossein Bodaghi Roshan (حسین بوداغی روشن) won it with a 8.59 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

63 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.