Competitions · Kazakhstan

KSF Almaty City 2019

Almaty · 23 March 2019 · 8 events · 115 competitors · 176 personal bests

Alikhan Yertursyn (Алихан Ертурсын) won two of the eight events (4×4, 5×5) and the closest final was the Pyraminx, won by Damir Zhanataev by 0.12 seconds. 115 competitors produced 176 personal bests, 67 of which still stand today, and 43 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Abylai Orazalin (Абылай Оразалин) set the 3×3 single national record: 7.48.

Two wins

Alikhan Yertursyn (Алихан Ертурсын) — 4×4, 5×5

0.12s

closest final — Pyraminx, Damir Zhanataev over Daniyal Arstambek (Даниял Арстамбек)

176

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Abylai Orazalin (Абылай Оразалин)	7.48	9.51
2×2	Yerkin Assylbek	2.99	3.42
4×4	Alikhan Yertursyn (Алихан Ертурсын)	36.94	39.88
5×5	Alikhan Yertursyn (Алихан Ертурсын)	1:09.43	1:16.78
3×3 one-handed	Damir Zhanataev	14.91	16.59
Megaminx	Asset Agabekov	52.38	1:03.12
Pyraminx	Damir Zhanataev	3.76	4.65
Skewb	Alimzhan Kenesbek (Алимжан Кенесбек)	3.73	4.62

The PB harvest

176 set · 67 still standing

Sultanbibarys Omar (Султанбибарыс Омар) — 3×3 single 9.09: into the top 5.1% of the event's history.
Abay Pusyrmanov (Абай Пусырманов) — Pyraminx single 3.79: into the top 6.7% of the event's history.
Bauyrzhan Zhandossuly (Бауыржан Жандосұлы) — Pyraminx single 3.92: into the top 7.3% of the event's history.
Viktor Panasyuk (Виктор Панасюк) — 2×2 single 2.34: into the top 7.4% of the event's history.
Akezhan Askar (Акежан Аскар) — 3×3 single 10.36: into the top 8.5% of the event's history.
Amir Husain — Skewb single 3.76: into the top 9.3% of the event's history.
Tigran Nazarov — Pyraminx single 4.42: into the top 9.8% of the event's history.
Meir Mukushev (Мейр Мукушев) — 3×3 single 11.36: into the top 11.6% of the event's history.

First-timers

43 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 27,871 people who made their debut in 2019. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

5 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

115 competitors · 604 results · 8 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. Abylai Orazalin (Абылай Оразалин) won it with a 9.51 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

115 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.