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Zurich Open 2019

Uster · 18 May 2019 · 13 events · 86 competitors · 130 personal bests

Ivan Lew Yi Wen (刘义文) won four of the 13 events (5×5, 6×6, 7×7) and the closest final was the Pyraminx, won by Samuel Simko by 0.00 seconds. 86 competitors produced 130 personal bests, 45 of which still stand today, and 17 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Ivan Lew Yi Wen (刘义文) set the 5×5 average national record: 55.13.

Four wins
Ivan Lew Yi Wen (刘义文) — 5×5, 6×6, 7×7, Megaminx
0.00s
closest final — Pyraminx, Samuel Simko over Alwin Rölz
130
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Samuel Simko8.568.96
2×2Linus Buck1.732.81
4×4Alwin Rölz33.1336.10
5×5Ivan Lew Yi Wen (刘义文)53.0155.13
6×6Ivan Lew Yi Wen (刘义文)1:41.591:47.29
7×7Ivan Lew Yi Wen (刘义文)2:38.952:40.99
3×3 blindfoldedOleg Gritsenko43.5147.09
3×3 one-handedTobias Peter13.1614.73
ClockJan Bentlage6.677.81
MegaminxIvan Lew Yi Wen (刘义文)44.1251.41
PyraminxSamuel Simko1.922.98
SkewbBen Zwicky3.664.68
Square-1Clément Cherblanc10.5213.16

The PB harvest

130 set · 45 still standing
  • Reto Bubendorf — Megaminx single 50.44: into the top 5.3% of the event's history.
  • Yen-Chen Chiang (江彥辰) — 4×4 single 36.39: into the top 8.1% of the event's history.
  • Nicola Bruhin — 2×2 single 2.93: into the top 13.4% of the event's history.
  • Nils Hochuli — Pyraminx single 6.18: into the top 21.3% of the event's history.
  • Anatole Harvell — 3×3 single 14.19: into the top 21.6% of the event's history.
  • Laurin Schwartze — 4×4 single 48.40: into the top 22.6% of the event's history.
  • Nils Hochuli — 2×2 single 3.73: into the top 23.1% of the event's history.
  • Lorenzo Magnarin — 3×3 one-handed single 20.99: into the top 23.2% of the event's history.

First-timers

17 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

86 competitors · 770 results · 13 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. Samuel Simko won it with a 8.96 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

86 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.