Competitions · Belarus

Minsk Winter 2015

Minsk · 26 December 2015 · 13 events · 60 competitors · 109 personal bests

Dmitry Dobrjakov won three of the 13 events (3×3, 4×4, 3×3 one-handed) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Konstantin Kalinin by 0.22 seconds. 60 competitors produced 109 personal bests, 47 of which still stand today, and eleven people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Ilya Anishchanka set the Skewb single national record: 3.50.

Three wins

Dmitry Dobrjakov — 3×3, 4×4, 3×3 one-handed

0.22s

closest final — 2×2, Konstantin Kalinin over Vladislav Kaminskiy

109

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Dmitry Dobrjakov	7.90	9.21
2×2	Konstantin Kalinin	2.34	2.97
4×4	Dmitry Dobrjakov	36.74	39.57
5×5	Andrey Molchan	1:11.89	1:16.96
3×3 blindfolded	Roman Strakhov	43.40	—
3×3 one-handed	Dmitry Dobrjakov	13.88	14.79
Clock	Ilya Tsiareshka	5.67	6.97
Megaminx	Dmitry Kryuzban	1:03.76	1:10.26
Pyraminx	Dmitry Kryuzban	2.08	3.46
Skewb	Artem Spiridovich	4.65	6.12
Square-1	Ustsin Vashchanka	9.74	15.69
4×4 blindfolded	Roman Strakhov	2:47.43	—
5×5 blindfolded	Roman Strakhov	8:09.24	—

The PB harvest

109 set · 47 still standing

Sergey Novik — Pyraminx single 2.90: into the top 3.3% of the event's history.
Ivan Zabrodin — 3×3 single 9.01: into the top 4.9% of the event's history.
Ustsin Vashchanka — Square-1 single 9.74: into the top 5.6% of the event's history.
Ilya Anishchanka — Skewb single 3.50: into the top 7.8% of the event's history.
Ilya Anishchanka — 2×2 single 2.44: into the top 8.3% of the event's history.
Vladislav Naumenko — 3×3 single 10.97: into the top 10.4% of the event's history.
Alexey Mikhailov — Square-1 single 12.81: into the top 11.5% of the event's history.
Artem Spiridovich — Skewb single 4.65: into the top 15.6% of the event's history.

First-timers

Eleven people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 12,291 people who made their debut in 2015. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

11 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

60 competitors · 554 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 9.21 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

60 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.