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Competitions · Belarus

Minsk Winter 2016

Minsk · 24 December 2016 · 15 events · 58 competitors · 69 personal bests

Andrey Molchan won three of the 15 events (5×5, 6×6, 7×7) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Ihor Bilchenko (Ігор Більченко) by 0.03 seconds. 58 competitors produced 69 personal bests, 25 of which still stand today, and 15 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Andrey Molchan set the 5×5 single national record: 1:06.77.

Three wins
Andrey Molchan — 5×5, 6×6, 7×7
0.03s
closest final — 3×3, Ihor Bilchenko (Ігор Більченко) over Vladislav Kaminskiy
69
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Ihor Bilchenko (Ігор Більченко)8.769.79
2×2Vladislav Kaminskiy2.403.07
4×4Ihor Bilchenko (Ігор Більченко)34.6041.94
5×5Andrey Molchan1:06.771:10.50
6×6Andrey Molchan2:03.392:07.64
7×7Andrey Molchan3:09.593:20.01
3×3 blindfoldedVladimir Kostin1:05.83
3×3 one-handedVladislav Kaminskiy12.3015.19
ClockIlya Tsiareshka6.977.24
MegaminxAnatoly Kim1:21.341:31.12
PyraminxUladzislau Piatnitsa (Владислав Пятница)3.705.35
SkewbKonstantin Solovev (Константин Соловьёв)5.005.77
Square-1Ilya Anishchanka28.5529.68
4×4 blindfoldedVladimir Kostin
5×5 blindfoldedVladimir Kostin

The PB harvest

69 set · 25 still standing
  • Kirill Mamonov — 3×3 single 6.82: into the top 1.1% of the event's history.
  • Nadezhda Shvabovich — 2×2 single 2.67: into the top 10.6% of the event's history.
  • Danila Zhogol — 2×2 single 3.14: into the top 15.9% of the event's history.
  • Anastasia Koroleva — 2×2 single 3.23: into the top 17.0% of the event's history.
  • Dzianis Hardziayuk — 5×5 single 1:18.24: into the top 17.7% of the event's history.
  • Aliaksei Anisimau — Skewb single 5.10: into the top 18.9% of the event's history.
  • Kirill Mamonov — 5×5 single 1:20.42: into the top 19.4% of the event's history.
  • Arseni Sipneuski — 3×3 single 14.30: into the top 22.0% of the event's history.

First-timers

15 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 17,946 people who made their debut in 2016. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

6 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

58 competitors · 443 results · 15 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. Ihor Bilchenko (Ігор Більченко) won it with a 9.79 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

58 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.