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Khabarovsk Open 2021

Khabarovsk · 17 April 2021 · 7 events · 25 competitors · 17 personal bests

Aleksandr Nedelko won three of the seven events (3×3, 4×4, 5×5) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Dmitry Matthew Yaquinto by 0.33 seconds. 25 competitors produced 17 personal bests, 11 of which still stand today, and 19 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Ilya Parchuck took a Pyraminx single of 7.44 down to 3.92, 47 percent better in one day.

Three wins
Aleksandr Nedelko — 3×3, 4×4, 5×5
0.33s
closest final — 2×2, Dmitry Matthew Yaquinto over Ilya Sokolov
17
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Aleksandr Nedelko9.089.84
2×2Dmitry Matthew Yaquinto2.443.21
4×4Aleksandr Nedelko35.6536.90
5×5Aleksandr Nedelko1:03.301:06.33
3×3 one-handedDmitry Matthew Yaquinto15.6816.40
MegaminxIurii Chesnokov (Юрий Чесноков)1:01.421:05.98
PyraminxIurii Chesnokov (Юрий Чесноков)4.434.81

The PB harvest

17 set · 11 still standing
  • Aleksandr Nedelko — 3×3 one-handed single 11.89: into the top 2.8% of the event's history.
  • Dmitry Matthew Yaquinto — 4×4 single 30.96: into the top 3.4% of the event's history.
  • Ilya Parchuck — Pyraminx single 3.92: into the top 7.3% of the event's history.
  • Aleksandr Nedelko — 2×2 single 2.56: into the top 9.5% of the event's history.
  • Dmitry Matthew Yaquinto — Megaminx single 1:01.41: into the top 10.8% of the event's history.
  • Ilya Parchuck — 2×2 single 3.22: into the top 16.8% of the event's history.
  • Ilya Sokolov — Megaminx single 1:12.16: into the top 16.9% of the event's history.
  • Ilya Parchuck — 3×3 single 13.28: into the top 18.4% of the event's history.

First-timers

19 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

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

The field

25 competitors · 87 results · 7 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. Aleksandr Nedelko won it with a 9.84 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

25 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.