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Competitions · Kyrgyzstan

New Year in Bishkek 2024

Bishkek · 7 December 2024 · 8 events · 37 competitors · 53 personal bests

Chyngyz Sultanbekov (Чынгыз Султанбеков) won four of the eight events (3×3, 4×4, 5×5) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Aidin Smanov by 0.13 seconds. 37 competitors produced 53 personal bests, 25 of which still stand today, and six people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Chyngyz Sultanbekov (Чынгыз Султанбеков) set the 3×3 single national record: 5.35.

Four wins
Chyngyz Sultanbekov (Чынгыз Султанбеков) — 3×3, 4×4, 5×5, Megaminx
0.13s
closest final — 2×2, Aidin Smanov over Chyngyz Sultanbekov (Чынгыз Султанбеков)
53
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

The PB harvest

53 set · 25 still standing
  • Arsenii Borovkov — 3×3 single 6.55: into the top 0.9% of the event's history.
  • Seitek Sultanov — 3×3 single 9.19: into the top 5.3% of the event's history.
  • Rahman Rustam — 3×3 single 11.86: into the top 13.4% of the event's history.
  • Alim Almanbetov — 3×3 single 12.38: into the top 15.2% of the event's history.
  • Eldar Kubatov — Pyraminx single 6.16: into the top 21.2% of the event's history.
  • Ayubhan Topoev — Pyraminx single 6.30: into the top 22.2% of the event's history.
  • Vladislav Kravchenko — 3×3 single 16.71: into the top 30.1% of the event's history.
  • Aydar Suyunaliev — 3×3 single 16.91: into the top 30.7% of the event's history.

First-timers

Six people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 32,954 people who made their debut in 2024. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

2 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

37 competitors · 213 results · 8 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. Chyngyz Sultanbekov (Чынгыз Султанбеков) won it with a 7.06 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

37 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.