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Competitions · Belarus

Black Pawn in Brest 2019

Brest · 2 November 2019 · 1 events · 43 competitors · 9 personal bests

Vadzim Smirnou won the 3×3 with a 9.86 and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Vadzim Smirnou by 0.25 seconds. 43 competitors produced 9 personal bests, 8 of which still stand today, and 25 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Evgeny Ershov (Евгений Ершов) took a 3×3 single of 34.97 down to 18.49, 47 percent better in one day.

1
events decided
0.25s
closest final — 3×3, Vadzim Smirnou over Vladislav Kaminskiy
9
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Vadzim Smirnou9.049.86

The PB harvest

9 set · 8 still standing

First-timers

25 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

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

The field

43 competitors · 76 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. Vadzim Smirnou won it with a 9.86 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

43 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.