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Competitions · Kazakhstan

Pavlodar Open 2023

Pavlodar · 7 October 2023 · 8 events · 25 competitors · 40 personal bests

Andrey Che won eight of the eight events (3×3, 2×2, 4×4) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Andrey Che by 0.42 seconds. 25 competitors produced 40 personal bests, 8 of which still stand today, and six people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Damir Zhanataev set the 3×3 one-handed single national record: 10.39.

Eight wins
Andrey Che — 3×3, 2×2, 4×4, 5×5, 3×3 one-handed, Megaminx, Pyraminx, Square-1
0.42s
closest final — 3×3, Andrey Che over Damir Issakov
40
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Andrey Che7.057.60
2×2Andrey Che1.401.83
4×4Andrey Che27.3631.88
5×5Andrey Che44.6755.19
3×3 one-handedAndrey Che10.6411.15
MegaminxAndrey Che41.5343.37
PyraminxAndrey Che2.192.79
Square-1Andrey Che11.3113.72

The PB harvest

40 set · 8 still standing

First-timers

Six people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 37,591 people who made their debut in 2023. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

1 regional record was set at this competition.

The field

25 competitors · 146 results · 8 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. Andrey Che won it with a 7.60 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

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.