Competitions · Kazakhstan

Cubing Semey Open 2019

Semey · 28 June 2019 · 16 events · 201 competitors · 305 personal bests

Farid Mikhailov won five of the 16 events (5×5, 7×7, 3×3 Fewest Moves) and the closest final was the Pyraminx, won by Damir Zhanataev by 0.05 seconds. 201 competitors produced 305 personal bests, 141 of which still stand today, and 113 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Amir Husain set the Megaminx single national record: 46.62.

Five wins

Farid Mikhailov — 5×5, 7×7, 3×3 Fewest Moves, 3×3 one-handed, 5×5 blindfolded

0.05s

closest final — Pyraminx, Damir Zhanataev over Dias Krykbaev (Диас Крыкбаев)

305

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Alikhan Yertursyn (Алихан Ертурсын)	9.30	9.74
2×2	Asset Agabekov	1.64	2.76
4×4	Alikhan Yertursyn (Алихан Ертурсын)	30.06	35.96
5×5	Farid Mikhailov	1:03.59	1:07.43
6×6	Erdos Toleugazyev (Ердос Толеугазыев)	1:56.60	2:00.68
7×7	Farid Mikhailov	2:48.47	3:00.43
3×3 blindfolded	Timur Kabizhanov (Тимур Кабижанов)	39.59	—
3×3 Fewest Moves	Farid Mikhailov	30 moves	—
3×3 one-handed	Farid Mikhailov	14.78	15.62
Clock	Ilya Tsiareshka	5.39	5.98
Megaminx	Amir Husain	49.03	52.22
Pyraminx	Damir Zhanataev	3.21	4.14
Skewb	Alimzhan Kenesbek (Алимжан Кенесбек)	2.81	4.63
Square-1	Aral Askarov	9.75	12.45
4×4 blindfolded	Timur Kabizhanov (Тимур Кабижанов)	5:20.23	—
5×5 blindfolded	Farid Mikhailov	21:23.00	—

The PB harvest

305 set · 141 still standing

Dias Murzalin (Диас Мурзалин) — Pyraminx single 3.15: into the top 4.2% of the event's history.
Ruslan Kazin (Руслан Казин) — 2×2 single 1.97: into the top 4.5% of the event's history.
Nikita Makarenko (Никита Макаренко) — Pyraminx single 3.47: into the top 5.3% of the event's history.
Bauyrzhan Zhandossuly (Бауыржан Жандосұлы) — 2×2 single 2.09: into the top 5.4% of the event's history.
Nikita Makarenko (Никита Макаренко) — 2×2 single 2.37: into the top 7.7% of the event's history.
Pavel Raschetov (Павел Расчетов) — Pyraminx single 4.06: into the top 8.0% of the event's history.
Arnur Olzhakan (Арнур Олжакан) — Pyraminx single 4.09: into the top 8.1% of the event's history.
Alisher Soltan (Алишер Солтан) — Skewb single 3.70: into the top 8.9% of the event's history.

First-timers

113 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 27,871 people who made their debut in 2019. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

14 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

201 competitors · 1317 results · 16 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. Alikhan Yertursyn (Алихан Ертурсын) won it with a 9.74 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

201 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.