Competitions · Kazakhstan

Leovit Anniversary Cubing Kazakhstan 2023

Almaty · 20 May 2023 · 13 events · 76 competitors · 125 personal bests

Alexander Bashutkin won five of the 13 events (3×3, 2×2, 4×4) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Alexander Bashutkin by 0.01 seconds. 76 competitors produced 125 personal bests, 68 of which still stand today, and 20 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Chyngyz Sultanbekov (Чынгыз Султанбеков) set the 3×3 single national record: 6.04.

Five wins

Alexander Bashutkin — 3×3, 2×2, 4×4, 5×5, Pyraminx

0.01s

closest final — 2×2, Alexander Bashutkin over Andrey Che

125

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Alexander Bashutkin	6.17	6.61
2×2	Alexander Bashutkin	1.16	2.17
4×4	Alexander Bashutkin	26.63	30.85
5×5	Alexander Bashutkin	45.90	53.50
3×3 blindfolded	Bowen Xiao (肖博文)	21.55	—
3×3 Fewest Moves	Andrey Che	27 moves	—
3×3 one-handed	Andrey Che	8.36	11.15
Clock	Andrey Che	6.56	7.58
Megaminx	Andrey Che	42.29	46.33
Pyraminx	Alexander Bashutkin	1.88	2.31
Skewb	Jasur Beknazov (Джасур Бекназов)	4.01	4.90
Square-1	Damir Issakov	7.01	11.21
4×4 blindfolded	Bowen Xiao (肖博文)	3:45.91	—

The PB harvest

125 set · 68 still standing

Grigoriy Barashkin — Pyraminx single 1.89: into the top 0.97% of the event's history.
Grigoriy Barashkin — 3×3 single 6.87: into the top 1.2% of the event's history.
Damir Issakov — Square-1 single 7.01: into the top 1.8% of the event's history.
Vladislav Shurshilin — 2×2 single 1.55: into the top 2.4% of the event's history.
Vladislav Shurshilin — 3×3 single 8.23: into the top 3.2% of the event's history.
Aral Askarov — 2×2 single 1.83: into the top 3.7% of the event's history.
Polina Lapteva (Полина Лаптева) — 3×3 single 8.64: into the top 4.0% of the event's history.
Bowen Xiao (肖博文) — 3×3 single 8.82: into the top 4.5% of the event's history.

First-timers

20 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 37,591 people who made their debut in 2023. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

6 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

76 competitors · 514 results · 13 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. Alexander Bashutkin won it with a 6.61 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

76 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.