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Cowboys Summer 2015

Novopokrovka, Kharkiv region · 13 June 2015 · 9 events · 30 competitors · 72 personal bests

Artem Melikian (Артем Мелікян) won two of the nine events (3×3, 3×3 one-handed) and the closest final was the Skewb, won by Ivan Kravchenko (Іван Кравченко) by 0.07 seconds. 30 competitors produced 72 personal bests, 15 of which still stand today, and two people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Aramayis Adloyan (Արամայիս Ադլոյան) set the Skewb single national record: 7.88.

Two wins
Artem Melikian (Артем Мелікян) — 3×3, 3×3 one-handed
0.07s
closest final — Skewb, Ivan Kravchenko (Іван Кравченко) over Lev Golub (Лев Голуб)
72
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

The PB harvest

72 set · 15 still standing

First-timers

Two people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 12,291 people who made their debut in 2015. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

5 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

30 competitors · 324 results · 9 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. Artem Melikian (Артем Мелікян) won it with a 11.07 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

30 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.