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Mongolia 2017

Ulaanbaatar · 28 October 2017 · 7 events · 66 competitors · 30 personal bests

Esukhei Bat-Erdene (Бат-Эрдэнэ Есүхэй) won two of the seven events (4×4, 5×5) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Orgil Otgonbayar (Отгонбаяр Оргил) by 0.31 seconds. 66 competitors produced 30 personal bests, 3 of which still stand today, and 55 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Munkhdelger Shinekhuu set the 3×3 single national record: 7.54.

Two wins
Esukhei Bat-Erdene (Бат-Эрдэнэ Есүхэй) — 4×4, 5×5
0.31s
closest final — 2×2, Orgil Otgonbayar (Отгонбаяр Оргил) over Munkhdelger Shinekhuu
30
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

The PB harvest

30 set · 3 still standing

First-timers

55 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 23,482 people who made their debut in 2017. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

4 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

66 competitors · 290 results · 7 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. Tuguldur Ulam-Undrakh won it with a 10.37 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

66 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.