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Zurich Open 2016

Uster · 21 May 2016 · 14 events · 58 competitors · 72 personal bests

Reto Bubendorf won three of the 14 events (3×3 one-handed, Pyraminx, Square-1) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Michał Pleskowicz by 0.23 seconds. 58 competitors produced 72 personal bests, 18 of which still stand today, and 15 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Jannik Gartmann set the 2×2 single national record: 4.51.

Three wins
Reto Bubendorf — 3×3 one-handed, Pyraminx, Square-1
0.23s
closest final — 3×3, Michał Pleskowicz over Leon Schmidtchen
72
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Michał Pleskowicz7.098.10
2×2Michał Pleskowicz1.812.37
4×4Leon Schmidtchen33.0040.35
5×5Cornelius Dieckmann1:06.131:14.35
6×6Fabian Löhle2:20.912:34.65
7×7Fabian Löhle3:35.483:38.10
3×3 blindfoldedOleg Gritsenko41.42—
3×3 one-handedReto Bubendorf17.1718.93
ClockTheo Mayer12.3913.04
MegaminxManuel Bühler1:00.611:05.84
PyraminxReto Bubendorf3.716.33
SkewbTobias Peter3.865.64
Square-1Reto Bubendorf18.6121.17
3×3 Multi-BlindOleg Gritsenko18 of 19 cubes · 59:48—

The PB harvest

72 set · 18 still standing
  • Michael Häberli — 3×3 single 11.27: into the top 11.3% of the event's history.
  • Mario Ragaz — 3×3 single 15.63: into the top 26.6% of the event's history.
  • Jonah Sauder — Pyraminx single 7.60: into the top 32.9% of the event's history.
  • Ramon Zeltner — Pyraminx single 8.61: into the top 41.5% of the event's history.
  • Martin Silvestri — Pyraminx single 9.05: into the top 45.3% of the event's history.
  • Andreas Lazar — 3×3 single 22.46: into the top 46.6% of the event's history.
  • Ivan Bartsch — 3×3 single 23.81: into the top 49.9% of the event's history.
  • Roger Imbach — 2×2 single 6.16: into the top 52.5% of the event's history.

First-timers

15 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 17,946 people who made their debut in 2016. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

8 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

58 competitors · 411 results · 14 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. Michał Pleskowicz won it with a 8.10 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

58 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.