Competitions · Russia

Luga Open 2019

Luga, Leningradskaya oblast · 4 May 2019 · 13 events · 83 competitors · 99 personal bests

Farid Mikhailov won three of the 13 events (2×2, 3×3 blindfolded, 3×3 Multi-Blind) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Farid Mikhailov by 0.08 seconds. 83 competitors produced 99 personal bests, 40 of which still stand today, and 32 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Farid Mikhailov set the 2×2 average national record: 2.75.

Three wins

Farid Mikhailov — 2×2, 3×3 blindfolded, 3×3 Multi-Blind

0.08s

closest final — 2×2, Farid Mikhailov over Aleksandr Beznogov

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Dmitry Dobrjakov	7.04	8.67
2×2	Farid Mikhailov	2.52	2.75
4×4	Timur Frolov	35.21	36.95
5×5	Timur Frolov	1:09.42	1:12.39
3×3 blindfolded	Farid Mikhailov	1:42.37	2:22.09
3×3 Fewest Moves	Aleksandr Beznogov	24 moves	—
3×3 one-handed	Dmitry Dobrjakov	13.06	13.66
Clock	Ilya Tsiareshka	6.92	9.98
Megaminx	Nikita Malykhin (Никита Малыхин)	51.14	1:00.94
Pyraminx	Aleksandr Beznogov	4.13	4.96
Skewb	Aleksandr Beznogov	2.56	3.60
Square-1	Vyacheslav Sizov	20.31	21.61
3×3 Multi-Blind	Farid Mikhailov	5 of 5 cubes · 28:26	—

The PB harvest

99 set · 40 still standing

Timur Frolov — 4×4 single 31.58: into the top 3.8% of the event's history.
Artem Tsvetkov (Артём Цветков) — 2×2 single 2.32: into the top 7.2% of the event's history.
Alexander Pogorelov (Александр Погорелов) — 2×2 single 2.48: into the top 8.7% of the event's history.
Nikita Galchenko (Никита Гальченко) — 2×2 single 2.56: into the top 9.5% of the event's history.
Evgeniy Mazhara — 3×3 one-handed single 15.73: into the top 9.6% of the event's history.
Mikhail Kuzin — 3×3 one-handed single 15.80: into the top 9.8% of the event's history.
Nikolay Vasilyev — 3×3 Fewest Moves single 29 moves: into the top 12.2% of the event's history.
Pavel Kovirzin (Павел Ковырзин) — 3×3 one-handed single 17.86: into the top 14.7% of the event's history.

First-timers

32 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

1 regional record was set at this competition.

The field

83 competitors · 570 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. Dmitry Dobrjakov won it with a 8.67 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

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.