Competitions · Belarus

Fewest Moves Vitebsk 2019

Vitebsk · 1 February 2019 · 9 events · 56 competitors · 75 personal bests

Vadzim Smirnou won three of the nine events (3×3, 2×2, Skewb) and the closest final was the Pyraminx, won by Uladzislau Piatnitsa (Владислав Пятница) by 0.03 seconds. 56 competitors produced 75 personal bests, 40 of which still stand today, and 19 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Sergey Lahno set the 3×3 Fewest Moves single national record: 23 moves.

Three wins

Vadzim Smirnou — 3×3, 2×2, Skewb

0.03s

closest final — Pyraminx, Uladzislau Piatnitsa (Владислав Пятница) over Aleksandr Beznogov

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Vadzim Smirnou	8.66	9.56
2×2	Vadzim Smirnou	2.64	2.85
4×4	Nikita Starodubov	33.40	36.24
3×3 blindfolded	Nikita Loika	1:47.65	—
3×3 Fewest Moves	Aleksandr Beznogov	27 moves	28.67
3×3 one-handed	Vladislav Kaminskiy	12.24	14.30
Pyraminx	Uladzislau Piatnitsa (Владислав Пятница)	3.74	4.19
Skewb	Vadzim Smirnou	3.59	3.79
Square-1	Yauheni Zviazdou	16.01	18.91

The PB harvest

75 set · 40 still standing

Aleksandr Beznogov — 3×3 one-handed single 13.59: into the top 5.4% of the event's history.
Vladislav Grishchenkov — 3×3 Fewest Moves single 27 moves: into the top 8.0% of the event's history.
Ilya Anishchanka — 3×3 Fewest Moves single 28 moves: into the top 9.9% of the event's history.
Ivan Terekh — 3×3 single 10.88: into the top 10.1% of the event's history.
Dzmitry Dalzhankou (Дмитрий Долженков) — 2×2 single 2.68: into the top 10.7% of the event's history.
Vladislav Ilyushchenko — 3×3 single 11.25: into the top 11.3% of the event's history.
Vladislav Grishchenkov — 3×3 single 11.69: into the top 12.8% of the event's history.
Vladislav Grishchenkov — 3×3 one-handed single 17.33: into the top 13.4% of the event's history.

First-timers

19 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

5 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

56 competitors · 455 results · 9 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. Vadzim Smirnou won it with a 9.56 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

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solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

56 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.