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Competitions · Kazakhstan

Please Be Quiet in Astana 2023

Astana · 28 October 2023 · 5 events · 7 competitors · 6 personal bests

Grigorii Alekseev won three of the five events (3×3 blindfolded, 4×4 blindfolded, 3×3 Multi-Blind). 7 competitors produced 6 personal bests, 2 of which still stand today.

The moment

A national record

Grigorii Alekseev set the 4×4 blindfolded single national record: 1:49.24.

Three wins
Grigorii Alekseev — 3×3 blindfolded, 4×4 blindfolded, 3×3 Multi-Blind
6
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3 blindfoldedGrigorii Alekseev22.79
3×3 Fewest MovesXinyun Chen (陈新运)30 moves36.67
4×4 blindfoldedGrigorii Alekseev1:49.24
5×5 blindfoldedVladimir Sergeev7:05.28
3×3 Multi-BlindGrigorii Alekseev38 of 46 cubes · 1:00:02

The PB harvest

6 set · 2 still standing
  • Grigorii Alekseev — 4×4 blindfolded single 1:49.24: into the top 1.8% of the event's history.
  • Xinyun Chen (陈新运) — 5×5 blindfolded single 17:30.00: into the top 50.5% of the event's history.

First-timers

No people competed for the first time at this competition. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

1 regional record was set at this competition.

The field

7 competitors · 21 results · 5 events.

Everyone who competed

7 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.