Competitions · Russia

Crystal Open 2018

Gus-Khrustalny · 18 August 2018 · 10 events · 41 competitors · 71 personal bests

Maxim Ilin won three of the ten events (2×2, 4×4, 5×5) and the closest final was the Skewb, won by Alexander Bashutkin by 0.03 seconds. 41 competitors produced 71 personal bests, 25 of which still stand today, and 15 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Dmitry Gundin set the Clock single national record: 4.21.

Three wins

Maxim Ilin — 2×2, 4×4, 5×5

0.03s

closest final — Skewb, Alexander Bashutkin over Mikhail Glazov (Михаил Глазов)

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Nikolai Masson (Николай Массон)	8.24	10.49
2×2	Maxim Ilin	1.53	3.04
4×4	Maxim Ilin	37.98	45.96
5×5	Maxim Ilin	1:16.85	1:29.30
3×3 blindfolded	Alexander Gorchackov	1:14.68	—
3×3 one-handed	Kirill Litvinov	13.31	16.42
Clock	Dmitry Gundin	4.21	5.85
Pyraminx	Pavel Mesyatsev	2.07	4.39
Skewb	Alexander Bashutkin	2.22	5.29
Square-1	Daniil Volkov	19.40	21.27

The PB harvest

71 set · 25 still standing

Kirill Litvinov — 2×2 single 1.96: into the top 4.5% of the event's history.
Ekaterina Makhova — Skewb single 2.95: into the top 4.8% of the event's history.
Timofey Eybogin — 2×2 single 2.53: into the top 9.2% of the event's history.
Andrey Seleznev — 3×3 single 11.01: into the top 10.5% of the event's history.
Nikolay Libelt — 3×3 single 11.38: into the top 11.7% of the event's history.
Nikolay Libelt — 2×2 single 2.78: into the top 11.8% of the event's history.
Andrey Seleznev — Skewb single 4.21: into the top 12.4% of the event's history.
Yuri Konovalov — 2×2 single 2.86: into the top 12.7% of the event's history.

First-timers

15 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 26,076 people who made their debut in 2018. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

1 regional record was set at this competition.

The field

41 competitors · 248 results · 10 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. Nikolai Masson (Николай Массон) won it with a 10.49 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

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.