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Cowboys Summer 2016

Novopokrovka, Kharkiv region · 2 July 2016 · 11 events · 43 competitors · 72 personal bests

Maksym Zharov (Максим Жаров) won two of the eleven events (3×3, 3×3 one-handed) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Lev Golub (Лев Голуб) by 0.12 seconds. 43 competitors produced 72 personal bests, 11 of which still stand today, and six people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Aramayis Adloyan (Արամայիս Ադլոյան) set the 4×4 single national record: 38.43.

Two wins
Maksym Zharov (Максим Жаров) — 3×3, 3×3 one-handed
0.12s
closest final — 2×2, Lev Golub (Лев Голуб) over Valerii Kolesnichenko (Валерій Колесніченко)
72
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

The PB harvest

72 set · 11 still standing

First-timers

Six people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 17,946 people who made their debut in 2016. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

4 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

43 competitors · 385 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. Maksym Zharov (Максим Жаров) won it with a 10.29 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

43 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.