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NSK Cubing Fest 2019

Novosibirsk · 19 July 2019 · 11 events · 69 competitors · 156 personal bests

Mikhail Kopylov (Михаил Копылов) won five of the eleven events (3×3, 4×4, 5×5) and the closest final was the 3×3 one-handed, won by Danila Lebedev (Данила Лебедев) by 0.01 seconds. 69 competitors produced 156 personal bests, 85 of which still stand today, and 18 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Egor Ganin (Егор Ганин) took a Clock single of 58.91 down to 21.41, 64 percent better in one day.

Five wins
Mikhail Kopylov (Михаил Копылов) — 3×3, 4×4, 5×5, Megaminx, Square-1
0.01s
closest final — 3×3 one-handed, Danila Lebedev (Данила Лебедев) over Nikolai Kuzin
156
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

The PB harvest

156 set · 85 still standing

First-timers

18 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

69 competitors · 521 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. Mikhail Kopylov (Михаил Копылов) won it with a 9.18 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

69 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.