Malta Open 2024

Date: Nov 9, 2024
City: Msida, Malta
Venue: The University of Malta
Address: Mathematics and Physics Building, University of Malta, Msida MSD 2080, Malta.
Details: Room MP401
Contact: Organization team
Organizer: Vincenzo Maria Gammino
WCA Delegates: Gabriele Cappelletti, Matteo Provasi, and Vincenzo Maria Gammino

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Information

This is the second WCA competition in Malta. It is an open competition for all people from all ages and all countries.
We hope many people from Malta and other countries will participate.

The competition also counts as the national championship for Malta: the best competitors from Malta will be the national champions 2024 of Malta.

Events
Main event
Competitors: 29

Registration period: Online registration opened and closed .
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There is a competitor limit of 60 competitors.
The base registration fee for this competition is €10 (Euro).
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On the spot registrations will be accepted with a base registration fee of €10 (Euro).
Any spectator can attend for free.

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Payment of the fee will take place in cash during check-in on the day of the competition:
- the registration fee for non-Maltese citizens is €10;
- the registration fee for Maltese citizens is €5.

On the spot registrations will only be accepted for 3x3x3, 2x2x2, Pyraminx and Skewb.
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Samuele Cancemi won with an average of 11.07 seconds in the 3x3x3 Cube event. Matteo Provasi finished second (11.39) and Gabriele Cappelletti finished third (11.70).

Alexander Iliev - Bulgaria WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
3x3x3 Cube	Second round	19	23.83	29.82	Bulgaria	29.79	34.43	29.12	23.83	30.56
	First round	21	25.36	30.89	Bulgaria	28.98	32.61	31.33	32.35	25.36
2x2x2 Cube	Final	15	5.26	8.16	Bulgaria	5.26	9.79	11.32	6.16	8.52
	First round	17	7.45	8.53	Bulgaria	7.45	9.52	8.94	7.57	9.08
Pyraminx	Final	13	11.38	13.62	Bulgaria	11.38	13.22	19.44	11.63	16.02

Artem Tabaliuk - Ukraine WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
3x3x3 Cube	Second round	20	26.28	30.11	Ukraine	26.28	31.62	28.04	30.66	33.55
	First round	20	24.28	29.90	Ukraine	24.28	30.68	27.84	45.41	31.19
2x2x2 Cube	Final	9	5.36	5.70	Ukraine	5.43	6.22	8.20	5.46	5.36
	First round	8	5.08	5.28	Ukraine	5.24	5.29	5.08	6.11	5.31
4x4x4 Cube	Final	13	1:59.35	2:04.06	Ukraine	1:59.35	2:02.05	2:10.58	1:59.55	2:13.35
5x5x5 Cube	Final	12	4:23.74		Ukraine	4:23.74	4:40.75
Pyraminx	Final	12	8.73	13.47	Ukraine	13.44	20.54	11.28	8.73	15.69
Skewb	Final	9	11.31	15.36	Ukraine	18.38	12.08	11.31	15.63	23.24

Benjamin Chetcuti Cauchi - Malta WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best	Average		Representing	Solves
3x3x3 Cube	Final	7	10.77	12.89		Malta	10.77	12.11	11.16	16.85	15.41
	Second round	7	8.60	12.99		Malta	15.94	16.40	12.68	8.60	10.36
	First round	3	9.78	11.03		Malta	10.80	12.37	10.80	9.78	11.49
2x2x2 Cube	Final	1	2.67	2.99	NR	Malta	2.67	3.18	3.99	2.87	2.92
	First round	12	4.53	7.34		Malta	8.56	5.38	8.08	4.53	DNF
4x4x4 Cube	Final	6	48.01	52.56		Malta	51.53	54.88	51.60	48.01	54.54
5x5x5 Cube	Final	7	1:41.12	1:50.62		Malta	1:47.71	1:41.12	1:46.17	1:57.98	2:06.85
6x6x6 Cube	Final	7	3:36.08	3:52.44		Malta	4:16.71	3:44.52	3:36.08
Pyraminx	Final	3	4.55	8.04		Malta	10.64	7.90	4.55	9.44	6.77
Skewb	Final	2	7.34	7.88		Malta	8.06	7.34	7.75	9.57	7.82

Bianca Spiteri - Malta WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best		Average		Representing	Solves
3x3x3 Cube	Final	5	11.87		12.57		Malta	13.31	12.69	12.08	11.87	12.95
	Second round	6	10.38		12.41		Malta	10.38	12.53	13.66	12.14	12.56
	First round	1	8.59	NR	10.75	NR	Malta	8.86	11.25	12.14	8.59	18.04
2x2x2 Cube	Final	6	3.53		4.99		Malta	5.30	6.60	5.88	3.53	3.80
	First round	2	1.98	NR	3.98		Malta	2.88	7.12	5.02	4.05	1.98
4x4x4 Cube	Final	8	47.76		58.27		Malta	53.90	53.67	1:07.23	1:15.96	47.76
5x5x5 Cube	Final	8	1:43.93		1:56.76		Malta	1:54.06	1:58.51	1:43.93	2:03.60	1:57.70
Pyraminx	Final	1	4.14	NR	5.59	NR	Malta	6.21	6.09	6.24	4.47	4.14
Skewb	Final	1	6.88		7.82		Malta	6.88	7.16	14.66	9.34	6.95

Carl Galea - Malta WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best		Average	Representing	Solves
3x3x3 Cube	Final	4	11.03		11.89	Malta	13.72	11.94	12.47	11.03	11.25
	Second round	5	10.31		12.08	Malta	11.54	10.31	11.72	13.61	12.97
	First round	8	12.36		12.87	Malta	18.89	13.14	12.80	12.36	12.67
2x2x2 Cube	Final	13	5.16		7.27	Malta	7.87	7.17	8.51	6.76	5.16
	First round	14	5.94		8.17	Malta	6.72	7.95	9.83	9.96	5.94
4x4x4 Cube	Final	9	55.25		59.19	Malta	1:10.62	1:01.70	56.46	55.25	59.41
5x5x5 Cube	Final	9	1:45.82		2:04.49	Malta	2:04.43	2:09.05	1:59.99	2:33.98	1:45.82
3x3x3 Blindfolded	Final	4	3:18.90	NR	DNF	Malta	DNF	3:18.90	DNF

Carmela Gravano - Italy WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
3x3x3 Cube	First round	24	25.40	32.56	Italy	25.40	35.88	29.33	35.46	32.88
2x2x2 Cube	First round	20	9.19	13.67	Italy	16.74	13.20	9.19	16.57	11.23
4x4x4 Cube	Final	11	1:23.90	1:34.28	Italy	1:48.19	1:39.86	1:36.16	1:26.82	1:23.90
5x5x5 Cube	Final	11	3:16.76		Italy	3:43.95	3:16.76

Chiara Marcucci - Italy WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
3x3x3 Cube	Second round	15	18.10	21.75	Italy	22.19	18.10	24.45	22.24	20.82
	First round	14	17.25	20.23	Italy	20.93	21.70	17.25	18.05	21.86
2x2x2 Cube	Final	11	6.20	6.85	Italy	6.81	6.53	7.22	6.20	8.07
	First round	13	6.09	7.43	Italy	6.09	7.36	7.50	7.42	10.74
4x4x4 Cube	Final	12	1:20.88	1:40.12	Italy	1:33.69	DNF	2:04.21	1:22.47	1:20.88
5x5x5 Cube	Final	10	2:19.83	2:37.62	Italy	2:36.69	2:41.50	2:19.83	2:40.02	2:36.14
6x6x6 Cube	Final	8	4:12.37	4:26.51	Italy	4:42.28	4:24.89	4:12.37
3x3x3 Blindfolded	Final	6	DNF	DNF	Italy	DNF	DNF	DNF
Pyraminx	Final	7	5.98	10.23	Italy	6.85	12.70	11.13	5.98	18.57
Skewb	Final	3	7.29	8.78	Italy	8.18	9.76	12.57	8.41	7.29

Gabriele Cappelletti - Italy WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
3x3x3 Cube	Final	3	11.12	11.70	Italy	11.13	12.65	11.12	11.33	DNF
	Second round	4	9.33	11.56	Italy	12.98	12.89	9.33	11.68	10.11
	First round	2	8.40	11.00	Italy	9.20	8.40	10.35	DNF	13.45
2x2x2 Cube	Final	5	4.14	4.63	Italy	4.51	6.22	4.87	4.51	4.14
	First round	4	3.83	4.38	Italy	4.12	5.58	4.68	3.83	4.33
4x4x4 Cube	Final	3	38.51	44.44	Italy	38.51	41.69	56.68	40.11	51.51
5x5x5 Cube	Final	4	1:27.38	1:34.02	Italy	1:39.64	1:34.20	1:27.38	1:36.53	1:31.32
6x6x6 Cube	Final	4	2:46.98	3:05.70	Italy	3:24.11	3:06.02	2:46.98
3x3x3 Blindfolded	Final	6	DNF	DNF	Italy	DNF	DNF	DNF
Pyraminx	Final	6	7.20	9.49	Italy	10.59	7.61	10.26	12.79	7.20
Skewb	Final	4	6.54	8.89	Italy	9.45	6.54	8.58	8.63	17.41

Gerard Tabone - Malta WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
3x3x3 Cube	Second round	21	27.59	31.42	Malta	27.59	34.37	DNF	31.92	27.98
	First round	18	26.91	28.10	Malta	29.82	29.08	26.91	27.85	27.38
2x2x2 Cube	First round	19	9.12	12.11	Malta	13.00	9.12	12.94	17.79	10.38
4x4x4 Cube	Final	15	2:13.06		Malta	2:13.06	2:36.26

Giorgio Grigolo - Malta WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best		Average		Representing	Solves
3x3x3 Cube	Second round	12	17.81		20.11		Malta	18.96	19.07	17.81	25.12	22.29
	First round	13	16.58		19.50		Malta	18.98	22.17	16.58	20.45	19.07

James Lee - Canada WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
3x3x3 Cube	First round	26	32.93	37.83	Canada	44.44	38.17	32.93	34.76	40.56
2x2x2 Cube	First round	22	13.16	20.29	Canada	17.49	26.44	36.40	16.94	13.16
Pyraminx	Final	17	13.27	18.13	Canada	13.27	17.47	23.59	16.78	20.13

Jordan Crippa - Italy WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
3x3x3 Cube	Final	9	13.24	15.21	Italy	16.90	13.82	16.42	13.24	15.40
	Second round	10	14.10	16.50	Italy	16.30	16.98	17.25	16.21	14.10
	First round	10	14.92	15.68	Italy	15.75	15.52	14.92	15.76	16.00
2x2x2 Cube	Final	8	5.36	5.68	Italy	5.80	6.71	5.62	5.36	5.63
	First round	7	3.38	5.16	Italy	5.52	5.08	3.38	5.83	4.89
4x4x4 Cube	Final	7	52.18	55.84	Italy	52.70	1:03.39	52.18	1:01.65	53.18
5x5x5 Cube	Final	6	1:27.22	1:42.38	Italy	1:45.18	1:48.59	1:41.06	1:27.22	1:40.90
6x6x6 Cube	Final	6	3:14.22	3:51.51	Italy	4:42.86	3:37.46	3:14.22
3x3x3 Blindfolded	Final	3	2:36.24	DNF	Italy	2:36.24	DNF	DNF
Pyraminx	Final	8	6.31	10.68	Italy	11.27	13.75	6.31	7.03	14.55
Skewb	Final	8	11.22	13.87	Italy	14.38	11.22	13.34	16.87	13.89

Konstantin Jaehne - Germany WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
3x3x3 Cube	Second round	8	11.76	13.30	Germany	14.04	14.48	13.94	11.91	11.76
	First round	5	10.14	11.71	Germany	12.77	13.30	10.79	10.14	11.57
2x2x2 Cube	Final	4	3.54	4.54	Germany	4.43	4.72	4.46	3.54	5.88
	First round	3	3.74	4.30	Germany	4.60	3.74	5.29	3.80	4.49
4x4x4 Cube	Final	2	38.72	41.67	Germany	38.72	39.29	54.21	42.19	43.54
5x5x5 Cube	Final	3	1:21.68	1:23.90	Germany	1:22.76	1:22.62	1:30.00	1:21.68	1:26.32
6x6x6 Cube	Final	3	2:46.27	2:52.80	Germany	2:46.27	2:58.81	2:53.33
3x3x3 Blindfolded	Final	1	42.24	DNF	Germany	42.34	42.24	DNF
Pyraminx	Final	2	4.66	6.44	Germany	5.82	7.27	6.92	4.66	6.58

Liam Debono - Malta WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best		Average		Representing	Solves
3x3x3 Cube	Second round	16	21.87		22.79		Malta	22.72	22.00	21.87	23.64	25.50
	First round	17	22.65		24.65		Malta	26.52	26.73	23.38	24.06	22.65

Luke Borg - Malta WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
3x3x3 Cube	First round	22	26.15	31.07	Malta	26.15	34.01	28.32	35.58	30.88
4x4x4 Cube	Final	16	2:13.40		Malta	2:26.09	2:13.40
5x5x5 Cube	Final	13	DNF		Malta	DNF	DNF

Luke Lee - Republic of Korea WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best		Average		Representing	Solves
3x3x3 Cube	First round	27	38.94		49.05		Republic of Korea	48.76	38.94	47.28	51.11	55.14

Marco Bettoni - Italy WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
3x3x3 Cube	Second round	18	26.29	29.61	Italy	35.20	29.16	32.69	26.99	26.29
	First round	19	24.23	28.81	Italy	25.93	31.17	24.23	29.34	33.33
2x2x2 Cube	Final	14	5.71	7.37	Italy	7.38	7.63	8.02	5.71	7.11
	First round	11	6.00	6.89	Italy	7.28	6.00	12.55	6.77	6.63
Pyraminx	Final	18	16.22	20.27	Italy	24.20	19.72	16.22	21.61	19.48

Matteo Provasi - Italy WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
3x3x3 Cube	Final	2	10.63	11.39	Italy	10.94	11.58	13.26	10.63	11.65
	Second round	2	10.31	11.33	Italy	11.10	11.83	11.40	11.48	10.31
	First round	6	10.15	11.98	Italy	11.32	13.99	11.18	13.43	10.15
2x2x2 Cube	Final	2	3.39	3.77	Italy	3.65	3.39	4.21	3.46	4.79
	First round	1	2.99	3.33	Italy	3.45	3.14	3.81	3.41	2.99
4x4x4 Cube	Final	4	43.65	47.92	Italy	49.82	43.65	46.32	55.12	47.61
5x5x5 Cube	Final	2	1:14.56	1:21.96	Italy	1:33.91	1:22.04	1:22.12	1:14.56	1:21.73
6x6x6 Cube	Final	2	2:31.43	2:50.48	Italy	3:01.25	2:58.76	2:31.43
3x3x3 Blindfolded	Final	2	2:06.47	DNF	Italy	2:12.13	2:06.47	DNF
Pyraminx	Final	4	5.81	8.20	Italy	5.81	8.55	9.08	6.98	9.90
Skewb	Final	11	9.60	19.68	Italy	17.64	24.85	16.56	38.13	9.60

Maximilian Zapf Stenmark - Sweden WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
3x3x3 Cube	First round	29	1:13.21	1:17.84	Sweden	1:25.62	1:18.28	1:21.87	1:13.21	1:13.38
2x2x2 Cube	First round	23	24.44	34.28	Sweden	1:27.99	24.44	25.06	33.69	44.09
Pyraminx	Final	20	14.90	27.28	Sweden	34.10	31.12	23.74	14.90	26.98

Michael Schembri - Malta WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
3x3x3 Cube	Final	8	10.54	13.63	Malta	12.55	14.96	14.64	10.54	13.70
	Second round	9	11.19	15.19	Malta	16.56	12.19	16.83	20.99	11.19
	First round	9	10.54	14.47	Malta	15.91	14.46	10.54	15.97	13.05
2x2x2 Cube	Final	3	3.25	4.30	Malta	6.39	4.25	4.65	4.00	3.25
	First round	6	2.86	5.14	Malta	3.50	4.40	7.53	2.86	7.88
Pyraminx	Final	9	8.25	11.23	Malta	9.80	12.17	8.25	12.47	11.73
Skewb	Final	5	6.69	10.14	Malta	8.85	10.75	10.81	11.35	6.69

Nicholas De Luca - Italy WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
3x3x3 Cube	First round	28	1:03.22	1:11.48	Italy	1:03.22	1:13.20	1:05.45	1:15.79	1:18.66
2x2x2 Cube	First round	21	11.68	18.46	Italy	35.05	17.39	18.21	11.68	19.77
Pyraminx	Final	19	21.56	25.56	Italy	22.23	25.47	21.56	28.99	35.52

Philippa Marie Chetcuti Cauchi - Malta WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
3x3x3 Cube	First round	25	32.84	37.09	Malta	36.58	36.29	38.40	32.84	1:12.06
2x2x2 Cube	Final	18	11.96	13.36	Malta	23.39	11.96	12.56	13.21	14.30
	First round	18	9.39	11.37	Malta	13.60	10.70	16.29	9.39	9.81
Pyraminx	Final	15	15.27	16.87	Malta	15.27	22.09	15.33	16.81	18.48

Pinhao Wang - Hong Kong, China WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
3x3x3 Cube	Second round	14	19.18	21.10	Hong Kong, China	22.13	19.18	19.71	22.94	21.47
	First round	15	18.27	22.14	Hong Kong, China	22.59	25.41	18.27	23.62	20.20
Pyraminx	Final	11	11.84	13.07	Hong Kong, China	11.84	11.89	13.64	13.67	14.86
Skewb	Final	12	18.88	19.93	Hong Kong, China	19.02	19.76	DNF	21.02	18.88

Riccardo Raciti - Italy WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
3x3x3 Cube	Second round	13	18.19	21.05	Italy	22.27	18.19	23.92	22.42	18.45
	First round	12	16.08	17.73	Italy	17.73	19.95	16.12	16.08	19.33
2x2x2 Cube	Final	16	5.06	8.77	Italy	11.88	12.23	8.43	6.01	5.06
	First round	10	5.60	6.37	Italy	5.89	5.60	8.07	6.33	6.89
4x4x4 Cube	Final	10	51.77	59.72	Italy	51.77	56.80	57.36	1:06.47	1:05.00
5x5x5 Cube	Final	5	1:28.25	1:36.12	Italy	1:41.36	1:28.25	1:31.28	1:53.59	1:35.73
6x6x6 Cube	Final	5	2:50.46	3:12.07	Italy	3:20.76	3:24.99	2:50.46

Salvatore Giuffrida - Italy WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
3x3x3 Cube	Final	10	12.87	16.75	Italy	18.80	25.43	13.59	17.87	12.87
	Second round	11	12.30	18.87	Italy	16.65	17.40	DNF	22.56	12.30
	First round	11	14.20	16.49	Italy	17.52	14.64	17.31	14.20	29.68
2x2x2 Cube	First round	24	2.46	DNF	Italy	DNF	4.86	2.46	DNF	5.36
Pyraminx	Final	14	8.38	14.05	Italy	12.06	21.09	9.90	8.38	20.19
Skewb	Final	6	8.09	10.87	Italy	9.94	12.85	11.85	8.09	10.81

Samuele Cancemi - Italy WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
3x3x3 Cube	Final	1	10.53	11.07	Italy	10.53	10.96	11.37	11.88	10.88
	Second round	1	9.38	9.82	Italy	10.32	9.68	9.46	13.82	9.38
	First round	4	10.00	11.28	Italy	10.00	12.48	14.25	10.65	10.71
2x2x2 Cube	Final	10	4.16	5.81	Italy	5.78	6.55	5.55	6.09	4.16
	First round	5	3.39	4.83	Italy	6.21	4.50	6.95	3.39	3.77
4x4x4 Cube	Final	5	43.01	50.24	Italy	50.18	46.58	43.01	57.07	53.95

Tokyo Attard - Malta WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
3x3x3 Cube	Second round	17	20.91	25.60	Malta	29.59	29.03	24.78	23.00	20.91
	First round	16	17.05	23.03	Malta	20.28	23.51	25.29	17.05	28.58
2x2x2 Cube	Final	12	5.38	7.11	Malta	8.03	5.38	6.41	6.89	8.35
	First round	15	6.06	8.38	Malta	7.02	12.15	6.06	8.20	9.91
Pyraminx	Final	10	9.17	12.64	Malta	17.50	12.22	9.17	13.75	11.94
Skewb	Final	10	13.39	18.87	Malta	20.51	26.13	13.39	13.56	22.54

Valeria Barbara - Malta WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
3x3x3 Cube	First round	23	31.10	32.01	Malta	31.42	31.26	31.10	33.36	36.99
2x2x2 Cube	Final	17	8.36	12.34	Malta	12.98	17.56	8.36	9.18	14.86
	First round	16	7.11	8.38	Malta	14.90	7.11	8.70	8.29	8.16
4x4x4 Cube	Final	14	2:01.33		Malta	2:01.33	2:12.99
Pyraminx	Final	16	12.15	16.93	Malta	19.06	12.15	18.82	13.17	18.80

Vincenzo Maria Gammino - Italy WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
3x3x3 Cube	Final	6	10.33	12.78	Italy	13.90	13.66	12.22	12.45	10.33
	Second round	3	10.39	11.35	Italy	10.39	11.51	11.11	11.43	14.07
	First round	7	10.84	12.47	Italy	12.41	10.84	11.48	13.51	14.68
2x2x2 Cube	Final	7	4.79	5.20	Italy	8.14	5.22	4.79	4.88	5.51
	First round	9	4.36	5.34	Italy	4.68	4.36	5.50	6.03	5.84
4x4x4 Cube	Final	1	38.91	41.45	Italy	41.22	49.81	38.91	41.72	41.41
5x5x5 Cube	Final	1	1:11.38	1:14.81	Italy	1:11.38	1:12.44	1:20.36	1:17.05	1:14.93
6x6x6 Cube	Final	1	2:02.43	2:06.46	Italy	2:09.31	2:07.63	2:02.43
3x3x3 Blindfolded	Final	5	4:39.97	DNF	Italy	9:16.62	4:39.97	DNF
Pyraminx	Final	5	7.04	9.35	Italy	9.50	14.48	9.12	7.04	9.44
Skewb	Final	7	6.20	12.51	Italy	9.45	24.15	17.04	6.20	11.05