Competitions · Russia

Kursk Open 2019

Kursk · 24 August 2019 · 11 events · 83 competitors · 144 personal bests

Maxim Ilin won four of the eleven events (2×2, 4×4, 5×5) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Maxim Ilin by 0.02 seconds. 83 competitors produced 144 personal bests, 82 of which still stand today, and 16 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Islam Kitiev set the Megaminx single national record: 41.70.

Four wins

Maxim Ilin — 2×2, 4×4, 5×5, 3×3 blindfolded

0.02s

closest final — 2×2, Maxim Ilin over Timur Imanov

144

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Dmitry Kryuzban	9.02	9.76
2×2	Maxim Ilin	2.17	2.66
4×4	Maxim Ilin	35.03	38.58
5×5	Maxim Ilin	1:03.47	1:07.02
3×3 blindfolded	Maxim Ilin	2:32.61	—
3×3 one-handed	Timur Imanov	14.64	14.99
Clock	Dmitry Gundin	4.54	5.33
Megaminx	Timur Imanov	44.84	52.50
Pyraminx	Dmitry Kryuzban	2.62	3.88
Skewb	Vladislav Kozhin	1.57	3.34
Square-1	Sergey Chirin	9.09	11.37

The PB harvest

144 set · 82 still standing

Vladislav Kozhin — Skewb single 1.57: into the top 0.53% of the event's history.
Vladimir Mikhailyuk — Pyraminx single 2.80: into the top 3.0% of the event's history.
Sergey Chirin — 3×3 one-handed single 13.68: into the top 5.5% of the event's history.
Alexander Gusev — 3×3 one-handed single 13.94: into the top 6.0% of the event's history.
Danil Suslov (Данил Суслов) — Pyraminx single 3.86: into the top 7.0% of the event's history.
Mikhail Denisov (Михаил Денисов) — 2×2 single 2.50: into the top 8.9% of the event's history.
Timur Imanov — Square-1 single 11.95: into the top 9.8% of the event's history.
Viktor Dorohov (Виктор Дорохов) — 3×3 single 11.04: into the top 10.6% of the event's history.

First-timers

16 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

3 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

83 competitors · 574 results · 11 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. Dmitry Kryuzban won it with a 9.76 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

83 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.