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CFCTC Open 2018

Pushkin, St. Petersburg · 31 March 2018 · 15 events · 185 competitors · 172 personal bests

Dmitry Dobrjakov won two of the 15 events (3×3, 4×4) and the closest final was the Pyraminx, won by Dmitry Gundin by 0.11 seconds. 185 competitors produced 172 personal bests, 59 of which still stand today, and 95 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Farid Mikhailov set the Pyraminx single national record: 3.99.

Two wins
Dmitry Dobrjakov — 3×3, 4×4
0.11s
closest final — Pyraminx, Dmitry Gundin over Aleksandr Beznogov
172
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Dmitry Dobrjakov6.937.57
2×2Pavel Galaktionov2.683.29
4×4Dmitry Dobrjakov38.7341.41
5×5Sergey Shitov1:02.841:08.95
6×6Sergey Shitov2:07.842:22.97
3×3 blindfoldedGrigorii Alekseev23.7227.06
3×3 one-handedPavel Galaktionov11.9213.23
ClockDmitry Gundin5.976.59
MegaminxNikolay Vasilyev1:23.821:25.44
PyraminxDmitry Gundin4.554.75
SkewbMikhail Kuzin2.204.60
Square-1Nikolay Golovenko14.2720.85
4×4 blindfoldedRoman Strakhov2:12.12—
5×5 blindfoldedRoman Strakhov5:58.08—
3×3 Multi-BlindGrigorii Alekseev30 of 32 cubes · 54:01—

The PB harvest

172 set · 59 still standing
  • Pavel Ermolaev — 2×2 single 1.96: into the top 4.5% of the event's history.
  • Ian Gorev — 3×3 one-handed single 13.74: into the top 5.6% of the event's history.
  • Nikolay Golovenko — Skewb single 3.15: into the top 5.7% of the event's history.
  • Nikolay Golovenko — 3×3 single 9.66: into the top 6.5% of the event's history.
  • Huston Vu-Duc — Skewb single 3.53: into the top 7.9% of the event's history.
  • Mark Stolyarov — Skewb single 3.75: into the top 9.2% of the event's history.
  • Aidar Aminev — 3×3 one-handed single 15.57: into the top 9.3% of the event's history.
  • Alexey Sudar — 2×2 single 2.62: into the top 10.1% of the event's history.

First-timers

95 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

7 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

185 competitors · 900 results · 15 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. Dmitry Dobrjakov won it with a 7.57 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

185 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.