Competitions · Ukraine

Kharkiv Winter 2014

Kharkiv · 13 December 2014 · 18 events · 120 competitors · 179 personal bests

Artem Melikian (Артем Мелікян) won six of the 18 events (6×6, Megaminx, Pyraminx) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Ihor Bilchenko (Ігор Більченко) by 0.10 seconds. 120 competitors produced 179 personal bests, 79 of which still stand today, and 34 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Serhii Koksharov (Сергій Кокшаров) set the 3×3 Fewest Moves single national record: 25 moves.

Six wins

Artem Melikian (Артем Мелікян) — 6×6, Megaminx, Pyraminx, Skewb, Square-1, 3×3 with feet

0.10s

closest final — 2×2, Ihor Bilchenko (Ігор Більченко) over Andrii Bolibok (Андрій Болібок)

179

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Ihor Bilchenko (Ігор Більченко)	9.33	10.98
2×2	Ihor Bilchenko (Ігор Більченко)	2.39	3.19
4×4	Ihor Bilchenko (Ігор Більченко)	38.36	42.51
5×5	Ihor Bilchenko (Ігор Більченко)	1:19.52	1:36.16
6×6	Artem Melikian (Артем Мелікян)	3:28.93	3:34.54
7×7	Maksym Samoilenko (Максим Самойленко)	4:42.40	4:56.58
3×3 blindfolded	Maxim Chechnev	1:08.72	—
3×3 Fewest Moves	Serhii Koksharov (Сергій Кокшаров)	25 moves	—
3×3 one-handed	Andrii Bolibok (Андрій Болібок)	14.17	16.65
Clock	Ivan Kravchenko (Іван Кравченко)	9.20	10.37
Megaminx	Artem Melikian (Артем Мелікян)	1:26.05	1:31.42
Pyraminx	Artem Melikian (Артем Мелікян)	5.36	5.66
Skewb	Artem Melikian (Артем Мелікян)	5.21	5.57
Square-1	Artem Melikian (Артем Мелікян)	37.41	45.37
4×4 blindfolded	Anton Krokhmal (Антон Крохмаль)	10:38.00	—
5×5 blindfolded	Maxim Chechnev	41:40.00	—
3×3 Multi-Blind	Maxim Chechnev	9 of 11 cubes · 58:13	—
3×3 with feet	Artem Melikian (Артем Мелікян)	50.22	54.35

The PB harvest

179 set · 79 still standing

Dmytro Zhyhai (Дмитро Жигай) — Pyraminx single 2.83: into the top 3.1% of the event's history.
Anton Krokhmal (Антон Крохмаль) — 2×2 single 1.78: into the top 3.5% of the event's history.
Denys Horiachev (Денис Горячев) — Pyraminx single 3.11: into the top 4.0% of the event's history.
Andrii Kompaniiets (Андрій Компанієць) — 2×2 single 1.91: into the top 4.2% of the event's history.
Andrii Bolibok (Андрій Болібок) — 2×2 single 2.18: into the top 6.0% of the event's history.
Andrii Vedenov (Андрій Веденьов) — 3×3 Fewest Moves single 26 moves: into the top 6.2% of the event's history.
Vadym Khikhlo (Вадим Хіхло) — 3×3 single 9.65: into the top 6.5% of the event's history.
Yuliia Kostenko (Юлія Костенко) — Pyraminx single 3.97: into the top 7.5% of the event's history.

First-timers

34 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 9,275 people who made their debut in 2014. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

2 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

120 competitors · 928 results · 18 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. Ihor Bilchenko (Ігор Більченко) won it with a 10.98 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

120 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.