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Moscow Winter Cubing 2018

Moscow · 4 January 2018 · 13 events · 119 competitors · 184 personal bests

Alexey Zharikov won four of the 13 events (4×4, 6×6, 7×7) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Ilya Nazarov by 0.12 seconds. 119 competitors produced 184 personal bests, 48 of which still stand today, and 34 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A continental record

Artyom Martirosov set the 3×3 blindfolded single continental record: 20.07.

Four wins
Alexey Zharikov — 4×4, 6×6, 7×7, 3×3 Fewest Moves
0.12s
closest final — 2×2, Ilya Nazarov over Dmitry Dergunov
184
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Andrey Che8.198.99
2×2Ilya Nazarov2.223.31
4×4Alexey Zharikov32.1433.60
5×5Artyom Martirosov56.021:03.36
6×6Alexey Zharikov1:33.471:48.92
7×7Alexey Zharikov2:42.902:45.82
3×3 blindfoldedArtyom Martirosov20.07—
3×3 Fewest MovesAlexey Zharikov25 moves—
3×3 one-handedAndrey Che11.1711.99
MegaminxDmitry Aniskin50.3254.58
PyraminxIlya Nazarov2.643.79
SkewbVladislav Kozhin3.103.74
3×3 Multi-BlindGrigorii Alekseev26 of 32 cubes · 1:00:00—

The PB harvest

184 set · 48 still standing
  • Dmitry Zvyagintsev — 3×3 single 6.99: into the top 1.3% of the event's history.
  • Artyom Martirosov — 3×3 blindfolded single 20.07: into the top 1.4% of the event's history.
  • Rustam Valeev — 3×3 single 8.16: into the top 3.1% of the event's history.
  • Alexey Semichastnov — 2×2 single 2.24: into the top 6.5% of the event's history.
  • Fedor Abaev — Skewb single 3.46: into the top 7.5% of the event's history.
  • Grigoriy Andreev — 3×3 single 11.54: into the top 12.3% of the event's history.
  • Grigoriy Andreev — Megaminx single 1:11.51: into the top 16.6% of the event's history.
  • Dmitry Korolev — 4×4 single 43.95: into the top 17.0% of the event's history.

First-timers

34 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 26,076 people who made their debut in 2018. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

4 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

119 competitors · 667 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. Andrey Che won it with a 8.99 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

119 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.