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NIS Aktobe Cube Days 2020

Aktobe · 4 January 2020 · 12 events · 25 competitors · 44 personal bests

Ruslan Kazin (Руслан Казин) won three of the twelve events (3×3 Fewest Moves, 3×3 one-handed, Skewb) and the closest final was the Clock, won by Alexander Katyukov (Александр Катюков) by 0.00 seconds. 25 competitors produced 44 personal bests, 35 of which still stand today, and six people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Eraly Sisengaliyev (Ералы Сисенгалиев) took a 2×2 single of 12.76 down to 5.70, 55 percent better in one day.

Three wins
Ruslan Kazin (Руслан Казин) — 3×3 Fewest Moves, 3×3 one-handed, Skewb
0.00s
closest final — Clock, Alexander Katyukov (Александр Катюков) over Dias Murzalin (Диас Мурзалин)
44
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

The PB harvest

44 set · 35 still standing

First-timers

Six people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 4,608 people who made their debut in 2020. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

No national, continental or world records were set at this competition. That is true of most competitions.

The field

25 competitors · 232 results · 12 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. Aziz Olzhagali (Азиз Олжагали) won it with a 9.83 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

25 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.