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Barnaul Open 2021

Barnaul · 15 May 2021 · 7 events · 35 competitors · 28 personal bests

Mikhail Kopylov (Михаил Копылов) won two of the seven events (3×3, 2×2) and the closest final was the Skewb, won by Egor Volkov by 0.23 seconds. 35 competitors produced 28 personal bests, and six people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Pavel Utvenko (Павел Утвенко) took a 2×2 single of 35.17 down to 17.40, 51 percent better in one day.

Two wins
Mikhail Kopylov (Михаил Копылов) — 3×3, 2×2
0.23s
closest final — Skewb, Egor Volkov over Maxim Brednev (Максим Бреднев)
28
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

The PB harvest

28 set · 28 still standing

First-timers

Six people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 4,438 people who made their debut in 2021. 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

35 competitors · 144 results · 7 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. Mikhail Kopylov (Михаил Копылов) won it with a 9.27 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

35 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.