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Chernivtsi Open 2025

Chernivtsi · 15 March 2025 · 11 events · 41 competitors · 100 personal bests

Lev Golub (Лев Голуб) won four of the eleven events (2×2, 3×3 one-handed, Clock) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Ihor Sukhovatenko (Ігор Суховатенко) by 0.27 seconds. 41 competitors produced 100 personal bests, 48 of which still stand today, and five people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Serhii Fedorniak (Сергій Федорняк) set the Skewb single national record: 1.18.

Four wins
Lev Golub (Лев Голуб) — 2×2, 3×3 one-handed, Clock, Square-1
0.27s
closest final — 3×3, Ihor Sukhovatenko (Ігор Суховатенко) over Lev Golub (Лев Голуб)
100
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

The PB harvest

100 set · 48 still standing

First-timers

Five people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 28,483 people who made their debut in 2025. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

1 regional record was set at this competition.

The field

41 competitors · 454 results · 11 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. Ihor Sukhovatenko (Ігор Суховатенко) won it with a 7.63 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

41 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.