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Podolian Open 2023

Khmelnytskiy · 19 August 2023 · 13 events · 22 competitors · 42 personal bests

Lev Golub (Лев Голуб) won five of the 13 events (3×3, 2×2, 3×3 Fewest Moves) and the closest final was the Pyraminx, won by Ihor Kastranets (Ігор Кастранець) by 0.07 seconds. 22 competitors produced 42 personal bests, 14 of which still stand today, and two people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Bohdan Pylypchak (Богдан Пилипчак) set the 4×4 blindfolded single national record: 4:02.66.

Five wins
Lev Golub (Лев Голуб) — 3×3, 2×2, 3×3 Fewest Moves, 3×3 one-handed, Skewb
0.07s
closest final — Pyraminx, Ihor Kastranets (Ігор Кастранець) over Oleksandr Seniuk (Олександр Сенюк)
42
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

The PB harvest

42 set · 14 still standing

First-timers

Two 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

2 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

22 competitors · 297 results · 13 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. Lev Golub (Лев Голуб) won it with a 6.89 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

22 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.