Competitions · Ukraine

Nikita Kovalchuk Memorial 2023

Kyiv · 14 May 2023 · 6 events · 47 competitors · 40 personal bests

Ihor Sukhovatenko (Ігор Суховатенко) won two of the six events (3×3, Megaminx) and the closest final was the 5×5, won by Yevheniia Melnykova (Євгенія Мельникова) by 0.31 seconds. 47 competitors produced 40 personal bests, 14 of which still stand today, and seven people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Ihor Sukhovatenko (Ігор Суховатенко) set the 3×3 average national record: 6.95.

Two wins

Ihor Sukhovatenko (Ігор Суховатенко) — 3×3, Megaminx

0.31s

closest final — 5×5, Yevheniia Melnykova (Євгенія Мельникова) over Maksym Yeli (Максим Єлі)

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Ihor Sukhovatenko (Ігор Суховатенко)	6.43	6.95
2×2	Lev Golub (Лев Голуб)	1.80	1.87
4×4	Maksym Yeli (Максим Єлі)	25.99	28.70
5×5	Yevheniia Melnykova (Євгенія Мельникова)	51.27	54.04
3×3 one-handed	Lev Golub (Лев Голуб)	11.48	13.77
Megaminx	Ihor Sukhovatenko (Ігор Суховатенко)	40.12	43.74

The PB harvest

40 set · 14 still standing

Maksym Yeli (Максим Єлі) — 5×5 single 47.37: into the top 1.1% of the event's history.
Serhii Kalinchuk (Сергій Калінчук) — 3×3 one-handed single 13.73: into the top 5.6% of the event's history.
Yurii Riabov (Юрій Рябов) — Megaminx single 52.15: into the top 6.1% of the event's history.
Mykhailo Akhunov (Михайло Ахунов) — 4×4 single 34.80: into the top 6.5% of the event's history.
Modest Podzolkin — 3×3 single 12.53: into the top 15.7% of the event's history.
Illia Sosnytskyi (Ілля Сосницький) — 3×3 single 13.10: into the top 17.8% of the event's history.
Georgiy Chepulia (Георгій Чепуля) — 2×2 single 3.39: into the top 18.9% of the event's history.
Denys Haidaichuk — 4×4 single 45.76: into the top 19.2% of the event's history.

First-timers

Seven people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 37,591 people who made their debut in 2023. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

1 regional record was set at this competition.

The field

47 competitors · 241 results · 6 events.

Everyone who competed

47 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.