Competitions · Russia

Chak-chak cubing in Kazan 2018

Kazan · 24 March 2018 · 15 events · 133 competitors · 205 personal bests

Alexey Kislovskiy won six of the 15 events (4×4, 6×6, 3×3 Fewest Moves) and the closest final was the Pyraminx, won by Aleksandr Beznogov by 0.04 seconds. 133 competitors produced 205 personal bests, 84 of which still stand today, and 70 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Ruslan Kazin (Руслан Казин) set the Pyraminx single national record: 4.06.

Six wins

Alexey Kislovskiy — 4×4, 6×6, 3×3 Fewest Moves, Megaminx, Square-1, 3×3 Multi-Blind

0.04s

closest final — Pyraminx, Aleksandr Beznogov over Ivan Karasev

205

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Erik Shakirov	8.27	10.10
2×2	Aleksandr Beznogov	2.63	2.73
4×4	Alexey Kislovskiy	35.18	42.12
5×5	Timur Frolov	1:08.56	1:10.67
6×6	Alexey Kislovskiy	2:28.16	2:31.51
7×7	Vladimir Vetkin	3:37.61	3:56.80
3×3 blindfolded	Maxim Chechnev	1:37.85	1:50.42
3×3 Fewest Moves	Alexey Kislovskiy	37 moves	—
3×3 one-handed	Erik Shakirov	15.59	18.96
Clock	Ilya Tsiareshka	7.06	7.88
Megaminx	Alexey Kislovskiy	1:00.60	1:10.14
Pyraminx	Aleksandr Beznogov	4.02	4.71
Skewb	Aleksandr Beznogov	4.70	5.44
Square-1	Alexey Kislovskiy	16.35	17.10
3×3 Multi-Blind	Alexey Kislovskiy	6 of 6 cubes · 44:00	—

The PB harvest

205 set · 84 still standing

Alexey Kislovskiy — Pyraminx single 2.22: into the top 1.5% of the event's history.
Andrey Kupriyanov — Pyraminx single 3.24: into the top 4.5% of the event's history.
Nikita Shturbabin — 3×3 single 9.18: into the top 5.3% of the event's history.
Nikita Shturbabin — Pyraminx single 3.55: into the top 5.7% of the event's history.
Maria Zhits — Pyraminx single 3.95: into the top 7.4% of the event's history.
Ruslan Kazin (Руслан Казин) — Pyraminx single 4.06: into the top 8.0% of the event's history.
Ksenia Ozerova — 3×3 single 11.78: into the top 13.1% of the event's history.
Stepan Patrin — Pyraminx single 5.06: into the top 13.5% of the event's history.

First-timers

70 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

1 regional record was set at this competition.

The field

133 competitors · 917 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. Erik Shakirov won it with a 10.10 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

133 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.