Competitions · Russia

Cubing Ekat Open 2021

Yekaterinburg · 11 September 2021 · 13 events · 85 competitors · 156 personal bests

Andrey Che won six of the 13 events (3×3, 2×2, 4×4) and the closest final was the Pyraminx, won by Dmitry Gundin by 0.07 seconds. 85 competitors produced 156 personal bests, 114 of which still stand today, and 25 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Alexander Bashutkin set the 3×3 single national record: 5.16.

Six wins

Andrey Che — 3×3, 2×2, 4×4, 5×5, 3×3 one-handed, Megaminx

0.07s

closest final — Pyraminx, Dmitry Gundin over Vladimir Semidyanov

156

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Andrey Che	6.61	7.51
2×2	Andrey Che	1.08	1.42
4×4	Andrey Che	25.54	30.77
5×5	Andrey Che	56.36	58.33
6×6	Alexander Bashutkin	2:02.43	2:11.03
7×7	Georgii Isanov (Георгий Исанов)	3:03.93	3:15.95
3×3 blindfolded	Andrey Koposov (Андрей Копосов)	39.47	—
3×3 one-handed	Andrey Che	8.65	12.48
Clock	Dmitry Gundin	3.89	4.78
Megaminx	Andrey Che	42.63	47.26
Pyraminx	Dmitry Gundin	2.84	3.14
Skewb	Ekaterina Kaneva	2.77	3.15
Square-1	Stepan Makarenko	8.66	9.45

The PB harvest

156 set · 114 still standing

Pavel Eroshkin (Павел Ерошкин) — 3×3 single 7.44: into the top 1.9% of the event's history.
Vyacheslav Kochergin (Вячеслав Кочергин) — Skewb single 2.27: into the top 2.1% of the event's history.
Lev Aronov — 3×3 single 7.82: into the top 2.5% of the event's history.
Dmitry Sidorenko — 3×3 single 8.21: into the top 3.2% of the event's history.
Lev Aronov — Square-1 single 8.40: into the top 3.6% of the event's history.
Dmitrii Dusheiko (Дмитрий Душейко) — 3×3 single 8.89: into the top 4.6% of the event's history.
Fedor Tarasov — 2×2 single 2.07: into the top 5.2% of the event's history.
Ivan Beloglazov (Иван Белоглазов) — Skewb single 3.16: into the top 5.8% of the event's history.

First-timers

25 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 4,438 people who made their debut in 2021. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

4 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

85 competitors · 653 results · 13 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. Andrey Che won it with a 7.51 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

85 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.