Competitions · Azerbaijan

Balakən 2018

Balakən · 21 May 2018 · 12 events · 18 competitors · 23 personal bests

Javid Nabizade won seven of the twelve events (3×3, 4×4, 5×5) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Əli Qəhrəmanlı by 0.13 seconds. 18 competitors produced 23 personal bests, 13 of which still stand today, and eleven people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Javid Nabizade set the Megaminx single national record: 1:43.24.

Seven wins

Javid Nabizade — 3×3, 4×4, 5×5, 6×6, 7×7, 3×3 Fewest Moves, 3×3 one-handed

0.13s

closest final — 2×2, Əli Qəhrəmanlı over Javid Nabizade

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Javid Nabizade	9.28	11.17
2×2	Əli Qəhrəmanlı	3.16	3.70
4×4	Javid Nabizade	37.47	39.10
5×5	Javid Nabizade	1:18.16	1:26.83
6×6	Javid Nabizade	3:42.64	3:53.40
7×7	Javid Nabizade	7:05.15	7:39.06
3×3 Fewest Moves	Javid Nabizade	50 moves	—
3×3 one-handed	Javid Nabizade	19.63	23.97
Megaminx	Əli Qəhrəmanlı	1:46.44	1:50.95
Pyraminx	Əli Qəhrəmanlı	8.70	10.80
Skewb	Əli Qəhrəmanlı	11.37	15.28
Square-1	Əli Qəhrəmanlı	18.85	32.27

The PB harvest

23 set · 13 still standing

Uzeyir Elivasli — 3×3 single 9.54: into the top 6.2% of the event's history.
Uzeyir Elivasli — 2×2 single 2.27: into the top 6.8% of the event's history.
Mikhail Gitlin — 2×2 single 3.78: into the top 23.7% of the event's history.
Mikhail Gitlin — 4×4 single 51.57: into the top 26.6% of the event's history.
Cavid Qocayev — 3×3 single 16.22: into the top 28.5% of the event's history.
Cavid Qocayev — 2×2 single 4.21: into the top 29.2% of the event's history.
Əli Qəhrəmanlı — 4×4 single 58.51: into the top 34.9% of the event's history.
Əli Qəhrəmanlı — Megaminx single 1:46.44: into the top 38.4% of the event's history.

First-timers

Eleven 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

11 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

18 competitors · 85 results · 12 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. Javid Nabizade won it with a 11.17 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

18 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.