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Chernivtsi Open 2024

Chernivtsi · 2 March 2024 · 12 events · 55 competitors · 86 personal bests

Lev Golub (Лев Голуб) won four of the twelve events (3×3, 2×2, 4×4) and the closest final was the Clock, won by Ihor Kastranets (Ігор Кастранець) by 0.33 seconds. 55 competitors produced 86 personal bests, 39 of which still stand today, and 15 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Alexandru Ignat set the 4×4 blindfolded single national record: 8:46.37.

Four wins
Lev Golub (Лев Голуб) — 3×3, 2×2, 4×4, 3×3 one-handed
0.33s
closest final — Clock, Ihor Kastranets (Ігор Кастранець) over Lev Golub (Лев Голуб)
86
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

The PB harvest

86 set · 39 still standing

First-timers

15 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 32,954 people who made their debut in 2024. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

2 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

55 competitors · 496 results · 12 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. Lev Golub (Лев Голуб) won it with a 7.70 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

55 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.