Competitions · Russia

Eka Cube Winter 2020

Yekaterinburg · 18 January 2020 · 12 events · 95 competitors · 175 personal bests

Ilia Murmulyak won four of the twelve events (4×4, 5×5, 6×6) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Sergey Marin (Сергей Марьин) by 0.07 seconds. 95 competitors produced 175 personal bests, 113 of which still stand today, and 29 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Vadim Kirnev (Вадим Кирнев) took a 2×2 single of 10.64 down to 3.87, 64 percent better in one day.

Four wins

Ilia Murmulyak — 4×4, 5×5, 6×6, Megaminx

0.07s

closest final — 2×2, Sergey Marin (Сергей Марьин) over Vlad Bayazitov (Влад Баязитов)

175

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Artem Kosarev (Артем Косарев)	7.31	9.93
2×2	Sergey Marin (Сергей Марьин)	2.14	2.70
4×4	Ilia Murmulyak	34.32	38.97
5×5	Ilia Murmulyak	1:05.22	1:08.02
6×6	Ilia Murmulyak	2:00.62	2:09.38
7×7	Ewsey Obzherin	3:06.72	3:17.99
3×3 Fewest Moves	Lev Aronov	29 moves	—
3×3 one-handed	Andrey Kolevatykh (Андрей Колеватых)	16.39	18.30
Megaminx	Ilia Murmulyak	53.52	1:01.57
Pyraminx	Vlad Bayazitov (Влад Баязитов)	3.82	5.11
Skewb	Pavel Eroshkin (Павел Ерошкин)	4.24	5.42
Square-1	Vladimir Tikhonenko (Владимир Тихоненко)	12.17	12.95

The PB harvest

175 set · 113 still standing

Vlad Bayazitov (Влад Баязитов) — Pyraminx single 1.96: into the top 1.1% of the event's history.
Vlad Bayazitov (Влад Баязитов) — 2×2 single 1.42: into the top 1.8% of the event's history.
Egor Potapov — Pyraminx single 2.83: into the top 3.1% of the event's history.
Vladimir Tikhonenko (Владимир Тихоненко) — Pyraminx single 3.14: into the top 4.1% of the event's history.
Daniil Lukin (Данил Лукин) — 2×2 single 2.17: into the top 6.0% of the event's history.
Vladimir Ilin (Владимир Ильин) — 2×2 single 2.21: into the top 6.3% of the event's history.
Sergey Shtatnov (Сергей Штатнов) — 2×2 single 2.23: into the top 6.5% of the event's history.
Ivan Beloglazov (Иван Белоглазов) — Pyraminx single 3.76: into the top 6.5% of the event's history.

First-timers

29 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 4,608 people who made their debut in 2020. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

No national, continental or world records were set at this competition. That is true of most competitions.

The field

95 competitors · 542 results · 12 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 Kosarev (Артем Косарев) won it with a 9.93 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

95 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.