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Naftusia Open 2014

Truskavets, Lvivska obl. · 12 April 2014 · 9 events · 34 competitors · 45 personal bests

Ihor Bilchenko (Ігор Більченко) won four of the nine events (3×3, 2×2, 4×4) and the closest final was the Pyraminx, won by Marko Striyeshyn by 0.00 seconds. 34 competitors produced 45 personal bests, 5 of which still stand today, and 19 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Ihor Bilchenko (Ігор Більченко) set the 2×2 average national record: 2.99.

Four wins
Ihor Bilchenko (Ігор Більченко) — 3×3, 2×2, 4×4, 3×3 one-handed
0.00s
closest final — Pyraminx, Marko Striyeshyn over Vladyslav Herasymiuk (Владислав Герасимюк)
45
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

The PB harvest

45 set · 5 still standing

First-timers

19 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 9,275 people who made their debut in 2014. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

1 regional record was set at this competition.

The field

34 competitors · 315 results · 9 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. Ihor Bilchenko (Ігор Більченко) won it with a 10.76 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

34 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.