Competitions · Russia

MPEI Open 2019

Moscow · 22 November 2019 · 18 events · 326 competitors · 504 personal bests

Alexey Zharikov won four of the 18 events (4×4, 5×5, 6×6) and the closest final was the Pyraminx, won by Ilya Nazarov by 0.16 seconds. 326 competitors produced 504 personal bests, 375 of which still stand today, and 45 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A continental record

Dmitry Gundin set the Clock single continental record: 3.34.

Four wins

Alexey Zharikov — 4×4, 5×5, 6×6, 7×7

0.16s

closest final — Pyraminx, Ilya Nazarov over Valeriy Kurbatov

504

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Andrey Che	6.87	7.85
2×2	Alexander Bashutkin	1.08	2.15
4×4	Alexey Zharikov	25.22	30.29
5×5	Alexey Zharikov	54.19	56.64
6×6	Alexey Zharikov	1:42.25	1:46.49
7×7	Alexey Zharikov	2:20.36	2:25.36
3×3 blindfolded	Dmitrii Saukov (Дмитрий Сауков)	33.13	—
3×3 Fewest Moves	Ilya Nazarov	31 moves	—
3×3 one-handed	Andrey Che	11.13	11.83
Clock	Dmitry Gundin	3.34	4.99
Megaminx	Andrey Che	44.01	46.76
Pyraminx	Ilya Nazarov	2.14	3.18
Skewb	Vladislav Kozhin	2.99	3.35
Square-1	Ilya Nazarov	10.21	12.04
4×4 blindfolded	Roman Strakhov	3:20.38	—
5×5 blindfolded	Roman Strakhov	6:15.25	—
3×3 Multi-Blind	Nikita Ovsyannikov (Никита Овсянников)	23 of 23 cubes · 55:28	—
3×3 with feet	Lev Golub (Лев Голуб)	39.48	46.66

The PB harvest

504 set · 375 still standing

Ekaterina Kaneva — 2×2 single 0.60: into the top 0.042% of the event's history.
Igor Kolosov (Игорь Колосов) — 2×2 single 0.61: into the top 0.047% of the event's history.
Danila Ryabinin — 2×2 single 0.69: into the top 0.11% of the event's history.
Islam Kitiev — 2×2 single 0.69: into the top 0.11% of the event's history.
Mikhail Kharitonov — 2×2 single 0.75: into the top 0.17% of the event's history.
Alexander Gusev — 2×2 single 0.81: into the top 0.24% of the event's history.
Erik Shakirov — 2×2 single 0.85: into the top 0.29% of the event's history.
Leonid Shcherbakov (Леонид Щербаков) — 2×2 single 0.86: into the top 0.31% of the event's history.

First-timers

45 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 27,871 people who made their debut in 2019. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

9 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

326 competitors · 1871 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 7.85 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

326 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.