Competitions · Ukraine

Kyiv Blind Side Winter 2026

Kyiv · 21 February 2026 · 9 events · 48 competitors · 56 personal bests

Lev Golub (Лев Голуб) won five of the nine events (3×3, 3×3 one-handed, Clock) and the closest final was the Clock, won by Lev Golub (Лев Голуб) by 1.36 seconds. 48 competitors produced 56 personal bests, 26 of which still stand today, and six people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Dmytro Malovichko (Дмитро Маловічко) took a Clock single of 21.16 down to 10.08, 52 percent better in one day.

Five wins

Lev Golub (Лев Голуб) — 3×3, 3×3 one-handed, Clock, Megaminx, Skewb

1.36s

closest final — Clock, Lev Golub (Лев Голуб) over Ivan Kovach (Іван Ковач)

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Lev Golub (Лев Голуб)	6.78	7.07
3×3 blindfolded	Bohdan Pylypchak (Богдан Пилипчак)	31.90	—
3×3 Fewest Moves	Yurii Riabov (Юрій Рябов)	22 moves	22.67
3×3 one-handed	Lev Golub (Лев Голуб)	10.16	12.22
Clock	Lev Golub (Лев Голуб)	5.99	7.48
Megaminx	Lev Golub (Лев Голуб)	44.41	47.78
Pyraminx	Ostap Bukatiuk (Остап Букатюк)	2.33	2.54
Skewb	Lev Golub (Лев Голуб)	2.26	3.32
3×3 Multi-Blind	Nikita Shapovalov (Нікіта Шаповалов)	2 of 2 cubes · 10:03	—

The PB harvest

56 set · 26 still standing

Platon Korobov (Платон Коробов) — 3×3 single 7.59: into the top 2.1% of the event's history.
Stepan Kaplinskyi (Степан Каплінський) — 3×3 single 7.88: into the top 2.6% of the event's history.
Stepan Kaplinskyi (Степан Каплінський) — Megaminx single 51.59: into the top 5.8% of the event's history.
Nazarii Druz (Назарій Друзь) — 3×3 single 9.84: into the top 7.0% of the event's history.
Nazarii Druz (Назарій Друзь) — 3×3 one-handed single 14.49: into the top 7.1% of the event's history.
Petro Vorona (Петро Ворона) — Pyraminx single 4.09: into the top 8.1% of the event's history.
Stepan Kaplinskyi (Степан Каплінський) — 3×3 blindfolded single 45.43: into the top 8.4% of the event's history.
Mark Aulov (Марк Аулов) — Pyraminx single 5.31: into the top 15.1% of the event's history.

First-timers

Six people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 18,546 people who made their debut in 2026. 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

48 competitors · 251 results · 9 events.

Everyone who competed

48 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.