Competitions · Belarus

Belarus Nationals 2019

Minsk · 15 June 2019 · 18 events · 144 competitors · 218 personal bests

Mats Valk won eight of the 18 events (3×3, 2×2, 4×4) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Mats Valk by 0.01 seconds. 144 competitors produced 218 personal bests, 135 of which still stand today, and 47 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Nikita Starodubov set the Megaminx single national record: 54.36.

Eight wins

Mats Valk — 3×3, 2×2, 4×4, 5×5, 6×6, 7×7, Megaminx, Square-1

0.01s

closest final — 2×2, Mats Valk over Vladimir Tikhonenko (Владимир Тихоненко)

218

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Mats Valk	5.51	6.83
2×2	Mats Valk	2.48	2.82
4×4	Mats Valk	23.40	28.49
5×5	Mats Valk	45.74	53.15
6×6	Mats Valk	1:38.86	1:43.40
7×7	Mats Valk	2:47.32	2:53.37
3×3 blindfolded	Vladimir Sergeev	40.80	—
3×3 Fewest Moves	Timur Kononov (Тимур Кононов)	30 moves	—
3×3 one-handed	Vladislav Kaminskiy	11.04	12.70
Clock	Ilya Tsiareshka	5.87	6.73
Megaminx	Mats Valk	49.67	55.86
Pyraminx	Uladzislau Piatnitsa (Владислав Пятница)	4.38	4.53
Skewb	Vadzim Smirnou	3.44	4.08
Square-1	Mats Valk	16.84	18.20
4×4 blindfolded	Roman Strakhov	2:07.48	2:26.61
5×5 blindfolded	Vladimir Sergeev	—	—
3×3 Multi-Blind	Vladimir Sergeev	10 of 14 cubes · 1:00:00	—
3×3 with feet	Nikita Loika	43.98	1:00.27

The PB harvest

218 set · 135 still standing

Vladislav Kaminskiy — 3×3 single 6.36: into the top 0.73% of the event's history.
Hanna Panas (Анна Панас) — Pyraminx single 1.76: into the top 0.76% of the event's history.
Nikita Starodubov — 2×2 single 1.59: into the top 2.6% of the event's history.
Michail Murin (Михаил Мурин) — Pyraminx single 3.00: into the top 3.6% of the event's history.
Artem Popov (Артем Попов) — Pyraminx single 3.08: into the top 3.9% of the event's history.
Nikita Starodubov — Pyraminx single 3.23: into the top 4.4% of the event's history.
Uladzislau Staliarou (Владислав Столяров) — Pyraminx single 3.39: into the top 5.0% of the event's history.
Timur Kakhanovich — 2×2 single 2.09: into the top 5.4% of the event's history.

First-timers

47 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

9 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

144 competitors · 902 results · 18 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. Mats Valk won it with a 6.83 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

144 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.