Competitions · Russia

MPEI Open 2018

Moscow · 23 November 2018 · 18 events · 315 competitors · 495 personal bests

Andrey Che won four of the 18 events (3×3, 2×2, 3×3 one-handed) and the closest final was the 3×3 one-handed, won by Andrey Che by 0.11 seconds. 315 competitors produced 495 personal bests, 184 of which still stand today, and 78 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A continental record

Grigorii Alekseev set the 5×5 blindfolded single continental record: 3:42.25.

Four wins

Andrey Che — 3×3, 2×2, 3×3 one-handed, Square-1

0.11s

closest final — 3×3 one-handed, Andrey Che over Dmitry Dergunov

495

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Andrey Che	6.97	8.05
2×2	Andrey Che	1.94	2.15
4×4	Alexey Zharikov	30.05	31.92
5×5	Alexey Zharikov	51.16	57.11
6×6	Alexey Zharikov	1:29.00	1:34.91
7×7	Alexey Zharikov	2:14.93	2:20.93
3×3 blindfolded	Artyom Martirosov	23.06	—
3×3 Fewest Moves	Nikolai Masson (Николай Массон)	26 moves	—
3×3 one-handed	Andrey Che	9.20	12.83
Clock	Dmitry Gundin	4.94	5.77
Megaminx	Vladimir Korovin	46.84	51.06
Pyraminx	David Arzamastsev	1.74	2.93
Skewb	Vadzim Smirnou	2.94	3.39
Square-1	Andrey Che	9.75	12.02
4×4 blindfolded	Grigorii Alekseev	2:08.09	—
5×5 blindfolded	Grigorii Alekseev	3:42.25	—
3×3 Multi-Blind	Grigorii Alekseev	30 of 42 cubes · 1:00:02	—
3×3 with feet	Vladimir Korovin	34.05	39.32

The PB harvest

495 set · 184 still standing

Vladimir Korovin — 2×2 single 1.61: into the top 2.6% of the event's history.
Grigorii Alekseev — 2×2 single 1.67: into the top 2.9% of the event's history.
Daniil Belotserkovskii (Даниил Белоцерковский) — 2×2 single 1.72: into the top 3.2% of the event's history.
Anna Sarycheva (Анна Сарычева) — Pyraminx single 3.26: into the top 4.5% of the event's history.
Daniil Belotserkovskii (Даниил Белоцерковский) — Pyraminx single 3.51: into the top 5.5% of the event's history.
Evgeny Gudkov (Евгений Гудков) — 2×2 single 2.11: into the top 5.5% of the event's history.
Nikolai Masson (Николай Массон) — 3×3 Fewest Moves single 26 moves: into the top 6.2% of the event's history.
Ivan Zubarev — 2×2 single 2.21: into the top 6.3% of the event's history.

First-timers

78 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

16 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

315 competitors · 1746 results · 18 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 8.05 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

315 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.