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Competitions · Kyrgyzstan

Pchelka Open 2018

Chopon-Ata, Issyk Kul · 22 August 2018 · 10 events · 64 competitors · 135 personal bests

Akash Rupela won three of the ten events (3×3, 3×3 blindfolded, Megaminx) and the closest final was the Pyraminx, won by Atai Aldashev (Атай Алдашев) by 0.02 seconds. 64 competitors produced 135 personal bests, 71 of which still stand today, and 17 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Aknazar Tursunaliev (Акназар Турсуналиев) set the Square-1 single national record: 26.63.

Three wins
Akash Rupela — 3×3, 3×3 blindfolded, Megaminx
0.02s
closest final — Pyraminx, Atai Aldashev (Атай Алдашев) over Bakhytzhan Sharipbay (Бахытжан Шарипбай)
135
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Akash Rupela8.6410.07
2×2Farid Mikhailov3.244.00
4×4Clément Cherblanc38.7240.49
5×5Farid Mikhailov1:19.551:25.95
3×3 blindfoldedAkash Rupela1:12.82
3×3 one-handedFarid Mikhailov12.9717.22
MegaminxAkash Rupela59.081:02.49
PyraminxAtai Aldashev (Атай Алдашев)5.546.04
SkewbClément Cherblanc3.755.04
Square-1Clément Cherblanc8.7010.57

The PB harvest

135 set · 71 still standing

First-timers

17 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 26,076 people who made their debut in 2018. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

18 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

64 competitors · 549 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. Akash Rupela won it with a 10.07 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

64 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.