Competitions · Russia

HSE Open 2018

Moscow · 9 February 2018 · 11 events · 173 competitors · 201 personal bests

Andrey Che won three of the eleven events (3×3, 3×3 one-handed, Megaminx) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Dmitry Dergunov by 0.23 seconds. 173 competitors produced 201 personal bests, 71 of which still stand today, and 52 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Dmitry Aniskin set the Megaminx single national record: 46.76.

Three wins

Andrey Che — 3×3, 3×3 one-handed, Megaminx

0.23s

closest final — 2×2, Dmitry Dergunov over Andrey Che

201

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Andrey Che	7.81	8.81
2×2	Dmitry Dergunov	2.05	2.83
4×4	Alexey Zharikov	30.50	32.96
5×5	Alexey Zharikov	1:00.20	1:03.92
3×3 blindfolded	Artyom Martirosov	27.45	—
3×3 one-handed	Andrey Che	11.29	13.33
Clock	Dmitry Gundin	5.71	7.63
Megaminx	Andrey Che	50.10	53.61
Pyraminx	Ilya Nazarov	2.13	3.51
Skewb	Vladislav Kozhin	3.53	3.69
Square-1	Ilya Nazarov	10.35	11.46

The PB harvest

201 set · 71 still standing

Dmitry Dergunov — 3×3 one-handed single 9.58: into the top 0.79% of the event's history.
Artyom Martirosov — 3×3 one-handed single 12.41: into the top 3.6% of the event's history.
Anait Akskalyan — Pyraminx single 3.42: into the top 5.2% of the event's history.
Anait Akskalyan — Skewb single 3.12: into the top 5.6% of the event's history.
Dmitry Kryuzban — Clock single 5.56: into the top 5.9% of the event's history.
Andrey Solovyov — Pyraminx single 3.90: into the top 7.2% of the event's history.
Artyom Martirosov — Square-1 single 10.63: into the top 7.2% of the event's history.
Artem Kolmykov — Pyraminx single 4.11: into the top 8.2% of the event's history.

First-timers

52 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

173 competitors · 867 results · 11 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 8.81 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

173 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.