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Competitions · Belarus

Minsk Winter 2014

Minsk · 27 December 2014 · 13 events · 69 competitors · 108 personal bests

Pavel Yushkevich won six of the 13 events (3×3, 4×4, 5×5) and the closest final was the Skewb, won by Igor Mamutkin by 0.21 seconds. 69 competitors produced 108 personal bests, 23 of which still stand today, and 20 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Pavel Yushkevich set the 6×6 single national record: 2:37.95.

Six wins
Pavel Yushkevich — 3×3, 4×4, 5×5, 6×6, 7×7, 3×3 one-handed
0.21s
closest final — Skewb, Igor Mamutkin over Vladislav Kaminskiy
108
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Pavel Yushkevich10.1210.71
2×2Vladislav Kaminskiy2.853.55
4×4Pavel Yushkevich44.2147.56
5×5Pavel Yushkevich1:27.821:32.67
6×6Pavel Yushkevich2:37.952:45.64
7×7Pavel Yushkevich4:01.374:03.10
3×3 blindfoldedVladislav Naumenko2:49.05—
3×3 one-handedPavel Yushkevich16.5118.30
ClockIlya Tsiareshka7.138.91
PyraminxIlya Anishchanka4.395.27
SkewbIgor Mamutkin5.646.30
4×4 blindfoldedArtem Savosik——
3×3 Multi-BlindVladislav Naumenko——

The PB harvest

108 set · 23 still standing
  • Anatoliy Shatilo — Pyraminx single 5.05: into the top 13.5% of the event's history.
  • Philip Khursevich — 3×3 single 12.43: into the top 15.4% of the event's history.
  • Alexandr Alexeev — 3×3 single 14.14: into the top 21.5% of the event's history.
  • Vladimir Chekurin — 4×4 single 48.89: into the top 23.3% of the event's history.
  • Vladimir Chekurin — 3×3 one-handed single 21.54: into the top 24.7% of the event's history.
  • Igor Mamutkin — Pyraminx single 7.45: into the top 31.6% of the event's history.
  • Vladislav Kapustin — 3×3 single 17.85: into the top 33.7% of the event's history.
  • Ilya Yaroshuk — 3×3 single 18.28: into the top 34.9% of the event's history.

First-timers

20 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 9,275 people who made their debut in 2014. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

3 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

69 competitors · 349 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. Pavel Yushkevich won it with a 10.71 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

69 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.