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Competitions · Russia

Chelny Summer 2019

Naberezhnye Chelny, Republic of Tatarstan · 24 August 2019 · 13 events · 62 competitors · 104 personal bests

Artem Kulikov (Артём Куликов) won five of the 13 events (2×2, 3×3 Fewest Moves, Clock) and the closest final was the Pyraminx, won by Artem Kulikov (Артём Куликов) by 0.16 seconds. 62 competitors produced 104 personal bests, 70 of which still stand today, and 22 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Dmitriy Truhin (Дмитрий Трухи́н) took a Skewb single of 17.54 down to 7.14, 59 percent better in one day.

Five wins
Artem Kulikov (Артём Куликов) — 2×2, 3×3 Fewest Moves, Clock, Pyraminx, Square-1
0.16s
closest final — Pyraminx, Artem Kulikov (Артём Куликов) over Uladzislau Piatnitsa (Владислав Пятница)
104
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

The PB harvest

104 set · 70 still standing

First-timers

22 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

62 competitors · 420 results · 13 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 10.53 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

62 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.