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Astana Spring 2024

Astana · 20 April 2024 · 10 events · 26 competitors · 25 personal bests

Damir Zhanataev won seven of the ten events (4×4, 5×5, 3×3 blindfolded) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Damir Issakov by 0.22 seconds. 26 competitors produced 25 personal bests, 14 of which still stand today, and eleven people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Damir Zhanataev set the 3×3 one-handed single national record: 9.96.

Seven wins
Damir Zhanataev — 4×4, 5×5, 3×3 blindfolded, 3×3 one-handed, Clock, Pyraminx, Skewb
0.22s
closest final — 3×3, Damir Issakov over Damir Zhanataev
25
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Damir Issakov7.278.09
2×2Nurassyl Kurmangali2.083.18
4×4Damir Zhanataev29.6835.80
5×5Damir Zhanataev1:07.431:08.61
3×3 blindfoldedDamir Zhanataev1:25.29
3×3 one-handedDamir Zhanataev9.9612.15
ClockDamir Zhanataev7.819.28
MegaminxNurassyl Kurmangali1:06.271:12.37
PyraminxDamir Zhanataev4.135.33
SkewbDamir Zhanataev7.879.28

The PB harvest

25 set · 14 still standing
  • Nurassyl Kurmangali — 3×3 one-handed single 11.22: into the top 2.1% of the event's history.
  • Ansar Kaidarov — 3×3 single 9.86: into the top 7.1% of the event's history.
  • Sanzhar Sharapadin — Pyraminx single 6.10: into the top 20.7% of the event's history.
  • Ansar Kaidarov — 3×3 one-handed single 20.50: into the top 21.9% of the event's history.
  • Akhmet Sailauuly — 3×3 single 14.90: into the top 24.1% of the event's history.
  • Sultan Shayakhmet — 3×3 single 18.38: into the top 35.3% of the event's history.
  • Ansar Kaidarov — Clock single 12.37: into the top 36.8% of the event's history.
  • Aidyn Boranbay — Pyraminx single 8.29: into the top 38.7% of the event's history.

First-timers

Eleven people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 32,954 people who made their debut in 2024. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

1 regional record was set at this competition.

The field

26 competitors · 167 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. Damir Issakov won it with a 8.09 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

26 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.