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Krivbass Open 2016

Kryvyi Rig · 24 September 2016 · 18 events · 20 competitors · 41 personal bests

Oleksandr Ivanchak (Олександр Іванчак) won five of the 18 events (3×3 blindfolded, Clock, Megaminx) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Vladyslav Zhyhailo (Владислав Жигайло) by 0.08 seconds. 20 competitors produced 41 personal bests, 13 of which still stand today, and four people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Mykhailo Kovalov (Михайло Ковальов) took a Skewb single of 16.89 down to 7.55, 55 percent better in one day.

Five wins
Oleksandr Ivanchak (Олександр Іванчак) — 3×3 blindfolded, Clock, Megaminx, 5×5 blindfolded, 3×3 Multi-Blind
0.08s
closest final — 2×2, Vladyslav Zhyhailo (Владислав Жигайло) over Ihor Bilchenko (Ігор Більченко)
41
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

The PB harvest

41 set · 13 still standing

First-timers

Four people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 17,946 people who made their debut in 2016. 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

20 competitors · 273 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. Mykyta Tytar (Микита Титарь) won it with a 9.61 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

20 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.