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Competitions · Azerbaijan

Baku Higher Oil School 2018

Baku · 21 April 2018 · 1 events · 20 competitors · 8 personal bests

Javid Nabizade won the 3×3 with a 10.45 and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Javid Nabizade by 2.14 seconds. 20 competitors produced 8 personal bests, 5 of which still stand today, and seven people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Javid Nabizade set the 3×3 single national record: 8.15.

1
events decided
2.14s
closest final — 3×3, Javid Nabizade over Ayxan Bannayev
8
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Javid Nabizade9.6410.45

The PB harvest

8 set · 5 still standing
  • İsmayıl Bədəlov — 3×3 single 15.22: into the top 25.2% of the event's history.
  • Ayla Ahmedova — 3×3 single 16.29: into the top 28.7% of the event's history.
  • Rafael Abubekirov — 3×3 single 24.38: into the top 51.2% of the event's history.
  • Narmin Gojayeva — 3×3 single 37.16: into the top 73.4% of the event's history.
  • Sultan Abubekirov — 3×3 single 50.26: into the top 86.2% of the event's history.

First-timers

Seven 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

20 competitors · 42 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 10.45 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

20 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.