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Competitions · Kazakhstan

KSF Semey City 2018

Semey · 15 September 2018 · 14 events · 61 competitors · 90 personal bests

Amir Murzakarimov (Амир Мурзакаримов) won three of the 14 events (5×5, 3×3 one-handed, Megaminx) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Alikhan Yertursyn (Алихан Ертурсын) by 0.09 seconds. 61 competitors produced 90 personal bests, 16 of which still stand today, and 29 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Akezhan Askar (Акежан Аскар) set the 7×7 single national record: 3:46.75.

Three wins
Amir Murzakarimov (Амир Мурзакаримов) — 5×5, 3×3 one-handed, Megaminx
0.09s
closest final — 3×3, Alikhan Yertursyn (Алихан Ертурсын) over Amir Murzakarimov (Амир Мурзакаримов)
90
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

The PB harvest

90 set · 16 still standing

First-timers

29 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

4 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

61 competitors · 368 results · 14 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. Alikhan Yertursyn (Алихан Ертурсын) won it with a 11.87 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

61 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.