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Competitions · Azerbaijan

Baku Engineering University 2018

Baku · 4 March 2018 · 1 events · 21 competitors · 9 personal bests

Javid Nabizade won the 3×3 with a 11.46 and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Javid Nabizade by 1.46 seconds. 21 competitors produced 9 personal bests, 5 of which still stand today, and eight people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

İsmayıl Bədəlov took a 3×3 single of 21.06 down to 15.28, 27 percent better in one day.

1
events decided
1.46s
closest final — 3×3, Javid Nabizade over Ayxan Bannayev
9
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Javid Nabizade10.4011.46

The PB harvest

9 set · 5 still standing
  • Ayxan Bannayev — 3×3 single 10.86: into the top 10.1% of the event's history.
  • Vagif Aliyev — 3×3 single 14.95: into the top 24.3% of the event's history.
  • Huseyn Mamedzade — 3×3 single 19.75: into the top 39.2% of the event's history.
  • Emil Hasanli — 3×3 single 31.96: into the top 65.8% of the event's history.
  • Ali Heybatov — 3×3 single 35.26: into the top 70.9% of the event's history.

First-timers

Eight 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

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

The field

21 competitors · 31 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. Javid Nabizade won it with a 11.46 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

21 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.