Competitions · Russia

MPEI Open 2013

Moscow · 23 November 2013 · 17 events · 198 competitors · 285 personal bests

Mats Valk won seven of the 17 events (3×3, 2×2, 4×4) and the closest final was the 6×6, won by Mats Valk by 0.12 seconds. 198 competitors produced 285 personal bests, 85 of which still stand today, and 60 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Ilya Tsiareshka set the 3×3 single national record: 10.09.

Seven wins

Mats Valk — 3×3, 2×2, 4×4, 6×6, 3×3 Fewest Moves, 3×3 one-handed, Square-1

0.12s

closest final — 6×6, Mats Valk over Vladislav Shavelskiy

285

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Mats Valk	7.59	8.68
2×2	Mats Valk	2.43	2.70
4×4	Mats Valk	27.36	31.87
5×5	Vladislav Shavelskiy	1:07.27	1:10.28
6×6	Mats Valk	2:07.40	2:13.83
7×7	Vladislav Shavelskiy	2:55.20	3:06.86
3×3 blindfolded	Anton Rostovikov	34.71	—
3×3 Fewest Moves	Mats Valk	29 moves	—
3×3 one-handed	Mats Valk	13.64	15.44
Clock	Dmitry Kryuzban	8.15	9.02
Megaminx	Digi Digiev	1:08.97	1:16.15
Pyraminx	Dmitry Kryuzban	2.89	3.98
Square-1	Mats Valk	15.28	19.92
4×4 blindfolded	Oleg Gritsenko	4:10.43	—
5×5 blindfolded	Roman Strakhov	7:09.03	—
3×3 Multi-Blind	Oleg Gritsenko	19 of 20 cubes · 56:35	—
3×3 with feet	Oksana Tyvodar	1:09.81	1:30.35

The PB harvest

285 set · 85 still standing

Viktor Stepanovich — 3×3 single 8.34: into the top 3.4% of the event's history.
Alexey Adamov — 3×3 single 8.63: into the top 4.0% of the event's history.
Liza Kokhan — 3×3 single 9.90: into the top 7.2% of the event's history.
Gleb Khrapov — 3×3 single 12.05: into the top 14.1% of the event's history.
Aidar Akmaev — 3×3 single 13.50: into the top 19.2% of the event's history.
Vladislav Barsukov — 3×3 single 14.26: into the top 21.9% of the event's history.
Alexander Petrov — 3×3 one-handed single 20.55: into the top 22.0% of the event's history.
Kirill Kharitonov — 2×2 single 3.81: into the top 24.1% of the event's history.

First-timers

60 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 6,160 people who made their debut in 2013. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

26 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

198 competitors · 1068 results · 17 events.

Everyone who competed

198 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.