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Baku Open 2019

Baku · 18 May 2019 · 1 events · 17 competitors · 8 personal bests

Rəsul Ağababayev won the 3×3 with a 13.12 and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Rəsul Ağababayev by 1.36 seconds. 17 competitors produced 8 personal bests, 1 of which still stand today, and eight people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Eyyub Kərimov took a 3×3 single of 42.29 down to 24.45, 42 percent better in one day.

1
events decided
1.36s
closest final — 3×3, Rəsul Ağababayev over Elmir Mirzəyev
8
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Rəsul Ağababayev9.7713.12

The PB harvest

8 set · 1 still standing
  • Polad Məmmədli — 3×3 single 18.81: into the top 36.5% of the event's history.

First-timers

Eight 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

No national, continental or world records were set at this competition. That is true of most competitions.

The field

17 competitors · 37 results · 1 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. Rəsul Ağababayev won it with a 13.12 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

17 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.