Competitions · Kazakhstan

Almaty Altyn Cube 2018

Almaty · 3 November 2018 · 10 events · 126 competitors · 180 personal bests

Clément Cherblanc won five of the ten events (2×2, 3×3 blindfolded, 3×3 one-handed) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Clément Cherblanc by 0.24 seconds. 126 competitors produced 180 personal bests, 74 of which still stand today, and 59 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Atai Aldashev (Атай Алдашев) set the Megaminx single national record: 1:37.18.

Five wins

Clément Cherblanc — 2×2, 3×3 blindfolded, 3×3 one-handed, Megaminx, Square-1

0.24s

closest final — 2×2, Clément Cherblanc over Dinnur Aitbayev (Диннур Айтбаев)

180

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Nathan Dwyer	8.40	9.60
2×2	Clément Cherblanc	2.59	3.86
4×4	Nathan Dwyer	36.11	37.63
5×5	Nathan Dwyer	1:04.94	1:09.87
3×3 blindfolded	Clément Cherblanc	1:17.87	—
3×3 one-handed	Clément Cherblanc	14.38	16.44
Megaminx	Clément Cherblanc	57.86	1:01.47
Pyraminx	Uladzislau Piatnitsa (Владислав Пятница)	3.71	5.38
Skewb	Bakhytzhan Sharipbay (Бахытжан Шарипбай)	3.64	4.96
Square-1	Clément Cherblanc	8.46	10.87

The PB harvest

180 set · 74 still standing

Zhantuar Zholdasov (Жантуар Жолдасов) — 2×2 single 1.38: into the top 1.6% of the event's history.
Ayan Baitusov (Аян Байтусов) — 2×2 single 1.60: into the top 2.6% of the event's history.
Nurlan Zhanabatyr (Нурлан Жанабатыр) — 2×2 single 1.98: into the top 4.6% of the event's history.
Zhantuar Zholdasov (Жантуар Жолдасов) — Pyraminx single 3.60: into the top 5.9% of the event's history.
Didar Amirgali (Дидар Амиргали) — 3×3 single 10.06: into the top 7.6% of the event's history.
Nursultan Zhenishbek Uulu (Нурсултан Женишбек Уулу) — 2×2 single 2.44: into the top 8.3% of the event's history.
Nurlan Zhanabatyr (Нурлан Жанабатыр) — Pyraminx single 4.15: into the top 8.4% of the event's history.
Ilyaz Idirisov (Ильяз Идирисов) — Pyraminx single 4.32: into the top 9.3% of the event's history.

First-timers

59 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 26,076 people who made their debut in 2018. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

13 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

126 competitors · 654 results · 10 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. Nathan Dwyer won it with a 9.60 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

126 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.