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Competitions · Kazakhstan

NIS & KSF OPEN 2022

Semey · 12 February 2022 · 11 events · 27 competitors · 36 personal bests

Alimzhan Kenesbek (Алимжан Кенесбек) won three of the eleven events (Megaminx, Skewb, Square-1) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Nikita Kolpakov by 0.00 seconds. 27 competitors produced 36 personal bests, 18 of which still stand today, and eight people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Abylai Orazalin (Абылай Оразалин) set the 3×3 average national record: 8.05.

Three wins
Alimzhan Kenesbek (Алимжан Кенесбек) — Megaminx, Skewb, Square-1
0.00s
closest final — 2×2, Nikita Kolpakov over Alikhan Yertursyn (Алихан Ертурсын)
36
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

The PB harvest

36 set · 18 still standing

First-timers

Eight people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 26,245 people who made their debut in 2022. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

1 regional record was set at this competition.

The field

27 competitors · 224 results · 11 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. Damir Zhanataev won it with a 8.89 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

27 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.