Competitions · Azerbaijan

Lənkəran 2018

Lənkəran · 14 May 2018 · 4 events · 17 competitors · 4 personal bests

Hikmət Mürsəlzadə won three of the four events (2×2, Pyraminx, Skewb) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Yusif Əliyev by 0.39 seconds. 17 competitors produced 4 personal bests, 2 of which still stand today, and 13 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Hikmət Mürsəlzadə took a 2×2 single of 13.68 down to 11.73, 14 percent better in one day.

Three wins

Hikmət Mürsəlzadə — 2×2, Pyraminx, Skewb

0.39s

closest final — 3×3, Yusif Əliyev over Kamil Əfəndiyev

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Yusif Əliyev	13.73	14.76
2×2	Hikmət Mürsəlzadə	11.73	12.36
Pyraminx	Hikmət Mürsəlzadə	10.88	18.83
Skewb	Hikmət Mürsəlzadə	21.69	22.28

The PB harvest

4 set · 2 still standing

Hikmət Mürsəlzadə — 2×2 single 11.73: into the top 83.7% of the event's history.
Toğrul Quliyev — 2×2 single 12.42: into the top 85.5% 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

No national, continental or world records were set at this competition. That is true of most competitions.

The field

17 competitors · 36 results · 4 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. Yusif Əliyev won it with a 14.76 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

17 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.