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Novosibirsk Tech Library 2019

Novosibirsk · 11 October 2019 · 10 events · 37 competitors · 75 personal bests

Mikhail Kopylov (Михаил Копылов) won two of the ten events (3×3, Square-1) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Mikhail Kopylov (Михаил Копылов) by 0.33 seconds. 37 competitors produced 75 personal bests, 42 of which still stand today, and five people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Ksenia Esipova (Ксения Есипова) took a Square-1 single of 1:08.17 down to 21.27, 69 percent better in one day.

Two wins
Mikhail Kopylov (Михаил Копылов) — 3×3, Square-1
0.33s
closest final — 3×3, Mikhail Kopylov (Михаил Копылов) over Danila Lebedev (Данила Лебедев)
75
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

The PB harvest

75 set · 42 still standing

First-timers

Five 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

37 competitors · 291 results · 10 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. Mikhail Kopylov (Михаил Копылов) won it with a 9.48 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

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.