Competitions · Moldova

Chișinău Winter 2017

Chișinău · 8 January 2017 · 7 events · 17 competitors · 27 personal bests

Costea Livadari won four of the seven events (2×2, 5×5, 6×6) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Costea Livadari by 0.38 seconds. 17 competitors produced 27 personal bests, 17 of which still stand today, and four people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Costea Livadari set the 6×6 single national record: 3:40.39.

Four wins

Costea Livadari — 2×2, 5×5, 6×6, 3×3 one-handed

0.38s

closest final — 2×2, Costea Livadari over Ilya Tsiareshka

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Ilya Tsiareshka	11.23	11.45
2×2	Costea Livadari	3.85	5.38
4×4	Ilya Tsiareshka	52.91	1:00.57
5×5	Costea Livadari	1:35.04	1:52.52
6×6	Costea Livadari	3:40.39	3:45.01
3×3 blindfolded	Ilya Tsiareshka	3:46.30	—
3×3 one-handed	Costea Livadari	26.53	34.49

The PB harvest

27 set · 17 still standing

Alexandr Abramenco — 2×2 single 2.95: into the top 13.7% of the event's history.
Victor Sava — 2×2 single 4.62: into the top 34.5% of the event's history.
Augustin Ploteanu — 2×2 single 5.35: into the top 43.6% of the event's history.
Victor Sava — 3×3 single 21.72: into the top 44.7% of the event's history.
Pavel Caraus — 3×3 single 22.71: into the top 47.2% of the event's history.
Roberto Lozovanu — 2×2 single 6.39: into the top 54.9% of the event's history.
Roma Canja — 2×2 single 6.59: into the top 56.9% of the event's history.
Alexandr Abramenco — 3×3 one-handed single 35.95: into the top 59.0% of the event's history.

First-timers

Four people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 23,482 people who made their debut in 2017. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

3 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

17 competitors · 84 results · 7 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. Ilya Tsiareshka won it with a 11.45 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

17 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.