Competitions · Russia

Kostroma Winter Open 2018

Kostroma · 22 December 2018 · 9 events · 47 competitors · 58 personal bests

Maxim Ilin won four of the nine events (2×2, 3×3 one-handed, Megaminx) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Nikolai Masson (Николай Массон) by 0.20 seconds. 47 competitors produced 58 personal bests, 29 of which still stand today, and 19 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Mikhail Malamant (Михаил Маламант) took a Pyraminx single of 6.11 down to 2.37, 61 percent better in one day.

Four wins

Maxim Ilin — 2×2, 3×3 one-handed, Megaminx, Skewb

0.20s

closest final — 3×3, Nikolai Masson (Николай Массон) over Fedor Abaev

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Nikolai Masson (Николай Массон)	7.44	9.69
2×2	Maxim Ilin	2.19	2.96
4×4	Sergey Shitov	30.73	38.25
5×5	Sergey Shitov	1:02.76	1:07.14
3×3 blindfolded	Roman Strakhov	33.53	37.04
3×3 one-handed	Maxim Ilin	17.46	18.59
Megaminx	Maxim Ilin	1:19.25	1:22.48
Pyraminx	Fedor Abaev	2.66	4.87
Skewb	Maxim Ilin	4.65	6.09

The PB harvest

58 set · 29 still standing

Mikhail Malamant (Михаил Маламант) — Pyraminx single 2.37: into the top 1.9% of the event's history.
Fedor Abaev — Pyraminx single 2.66: into the top 2.6% of the event's history.
Fedor Abaev — 2×2 single 1.61: into the top 2.6% of the event's history.
Roman Strakhov — Pyraminx single 3.42: into the top 5.2% of the event's history.
Fidan Gaffarov — 3×3 single 9.79: into the top 6.9% of the event's history.
Sergey Shitov — 2×2 single 2.38: into the top 7.8% of the event's history.
Roman Strakhov — 3×3 single 10.70: into the top 9.6% of the event's history.
Maxim Teplyakov (Максим Тепляков) — Pyraminx single 5.04: into the top 13.4% of the event's history.

First-timers

19 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

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

The field

47 competitors · 276 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. Nikolai Masson (Николай Массон) won it with a 9.69 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

47 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.