Competitions · Russia

Belgorod Open 2018

Belgorod · 21 September 2018 · 18 events · 125 competitors · 189 personal bests

Nikita Kovalchuk (Нікіта Ковальчук) won six of the 18 events (4×4, 5×5, 6×6) and the closest final was the Skewb, won by Vladislav Kozhin by 0.06 seconds. 125 competitors produced 189 personal bests, 84 of which still stand today, and 30 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Magomed Bashtaev set the Megaminx single national record: 45.32.

Six wins

Nikita Kovalchuk (Нікіта Ковальчук) — 4×4, 5×5, 6×6, 7×7, 3×3 one-handed, Square-1

0.06s

closest final — Skewb, Vladislav Kozhin over Lev Golub (Лев Голуб)

189

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Lev Golub (Лев Голуб)	8.52	9.24
2×2	Lev Golub (Лев Голуб)	2.52	2.81
4×4	Nikita Kovalchuk (Нікіта Ковальчук)	27.56	32.30
5×5	Nikita Kovalchuk (Нікіта Ковальчук)	1:01.39	1:05.53
6×6	Nikita Kovalchuk (Нікіта Ковальчук)	2:07.64	2:14.91
7×7	Nikita Kovalchuk (Нікіта Ковальчук)	3:28.90	3:31.55
3×3 blindfolded	Roman Strakhov	53.46	—
3×3 Fewest Moves	Serhii Koksharov (Сергій Кокшаров)	29 moves	36.00
3×3 one-handed	Nikita Kovalchuk (Нікіта Ковальчук)	13.49	13.87
Clock	Dmitry Gundin	5.32	6.91
Megaminx	Magomed Bashtaev	45.32	53.13
Pyraminx	Dmitry Gundin	3.71	4.17
Skewb	Vladislav Kozhin	2.49	3.43
Square-1	Nikita Kovalchuk (Нікіта Ковальчук)	13.82	15.43
4×4 blindfolded	Georgiy Titov	16:54.00	—
5×5 blindfolded	Roman Strakhov	4:26.96	—
3×3 Multi-Blind	Georgiy Titov	7 of 8 cubes · 40:58	—
3×3 with feet	Lev Golub (Лев Голуб)	42.51	45.30

The PB harvest

189 set · 84 still standing

Dmitry Patrikeev — Pyraminx single 3.19: into the top 4.3% of the event's history.
Magomed Bashtaev — 3×3 single 10.08: into the top 7.7% of the event's history.
Magomed Bashtaev — 2×2 single 2.48: into the top 8.7% of the event's history.
Maxim Ryabykh — 3×3 single 11.28: into the top 11.4% of the event's history.
Evgeny Braslavsky (Евгений Браславский) — Pyraminx single 5.01: into the top 13.2% of the event's history.
Danil Suslov (Данил Суслов) — 2×2 single 2.97: into the top 13.9% of the event's history.
Danila Fominkh — 3×3 single 12.08: into the top 14.2% of the event's history.
Andrey Ivashchuk — 3×3 single 12.33: into the top 15.0% of the event's history.

First-timers

30 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

2 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

125 competitors · 763 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. Lev Golub (Лев Голуб) won it with a 9.24 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

125 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.