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Novosibirsk Planetarium Open 2019

Novosibirsk · 13 April 2019 · 12 events · 58 competitors · 106 personal bests

Nikita Popkov won five of the twelve events (4×4, 5×5, 6×6) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Vladislav Korovin (Владислав Коровин) by 0.22 seconds. 58 competitors produced 106 personal bests, 40 of which still stand today, and 23 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Dmitriy Bott (Дмитрий Ботт) took a Skewb single of 13.76 down to 6.28, 54 percent better in one day.

Five wins
Nikita Popkov — 4×4, 5×5, 6×6, 7×7, Square-1
0.22s
closest final — 2×2, Vladislav Korovin (Владислав Коровин) over Maxim Brednev (Максим Бреднев)
106
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

The PB harvest

106 set · 40 still standing

First-timers

23 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 27,871 people who made their debut in 2019. 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

58 competitors · 353 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. Danila Lebedev (Данила Лебедев) won it with a 11.36 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

58 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.