Competitions · Algeria

Winter Setif Open 2019

Setif · 21 December 2019 · 4 events · 74 competitors · 33 personal bests

Yassine Bettahar won two of the four events (3×3, 4×4) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Mouhamed Islem Boukri by 0.62 seconds. 74 competitors produced 33 personal bests, 27 of which still stand today, and 53 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A continental record

Yassine Bettahar set the 3×3 average continental record: 8.89.

Two wins

Yassine Bettahar — 3×3, 4×4

0.62s

closest final — 2×2, Mouhamed Islem Boukri over Hayat Farah Benantar

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Yassine Bettahar	8.38	10.04
2×2	Mouhamed Islem Boukri	2.55	5.21
4×4	Yassine Bettahar	37.97	39.58
Pyraminx	Fadi Aissaoui	6.68	8.35

The PB harvest

33 set · 27 still standing

Yassine Bettahar — 4×4 single 37.97: into the top 9.8% of the event's history.
Abdeldjalil Merzougui — 2×2 single 3.48: into the top 20.0% of the event's history.
Fadi Aissaoui — 3×3 single 14.20: into the top 21.7% of the event's history.
Hayat Farah Benantar — 3×3 single 14.94: into the top 24.2% of the event's history.
Fadi Aissaoui — Pyraminx single 6.68: into the top 25.3% of the event's history.
Nouha Boussahi — 3×3 single 17.73: into the top 33.3% of the event's history.
Achraf Boussahi — 3×3 single 18.23: into the top 34.8% of the event's history.
Zoubir Lebbihiat — 3×3 single 19.15: into the top 37.5% of the event's history.

First-timers

53 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

74 competitors · 149 results · 4 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. Yassine Bettahar won it with a 10.04 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

74 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.