Competitions · Russia

Kursk Open 2018

Kursk · 25 August 2018 · 10 events · 70 competitors · 113 personal bests

Alexey Zharikov won six of the ten events (3×3, 4×4, 5×5) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Nikolay Vasilyev by 0.24 seconds. 70 competitors produced 113 personal bests, 36 of which still stand today, and 13 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Alexey Zharikov set the 5×5 single national record: 51.20.

Six wins

Alexey Zharikov — 3×3, 4×4, 5×5, 3×3 one-handed, Megaminx, Square-1

0.24s

closest final — 2×2, Nikolay Vasilyev over David Arzamastsev

113

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Alexey Zharikov	7.72	10.08
2×2	Nikolay Vasilyev	3.07	4.01
4×4	Alexey Zharikov	27.50	30.18
5×5	Alexey Zharikov	51.20	55.61
3×3 blindfolded	Maria Zhits	1:29.85	—
3×3 one-handed	Alexey Zharikov	15.06	17.04
Megaminx	Alexey Zharikov	49.65	52.19
Pyraminx	David Arzamastsev	3.66	3.97
Skewb	Konstantin Solovev (Константин Соловьёв)	4.75	5.29
Square-1	Alexey Zharikov	10.04	12.18

The PB harvest

113 set · 36 still standing

Maxim Ilin — Skewb single 1.82: into the top 0.96% of the event's history.
Konstantin Solovev (Константин Соловьёв) — Skewb single 2.12: into the top 1.7% of the event's history.
Alexey Zharikov — Skewb single 2.64: into the top 3.4% of the event's history.
Mikhail Ayvazyan — Skewb single 3.45: into the top 7.4% of the event's history.
Nikolay Vasilyev — 4×4 single 41.47: into the top 13.9% of the event's history.
Artem Ryabikin — 2×2 single 3.01: into the top 14.3% of the event's history.
Adam Imran (Адам Имран) — 2×2 single 3.15: into the top 16.0% of the event's history.
Diana Dezhkina — 2×2 single 3.22: into the top 16.8% of the event's history.

First-timers

13 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

3 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

70 competitors · 468 results · 10 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. Alexey Zharikov won it with a 10.08 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

70 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.