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Saint Petersburg · 27 February 2016 · 14 events · 86 competitors · 135 personal bests

Dmitry Dobrjakov won five of the 14 events (3×3, 4×4, 5×5) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Dmitry Dobrjakov by 0.26 seconds. 86 competitors produced 135 personal bests, 31 of which still stand today, and 26 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Pavel Galaktionov set the 3×3 one-handed single national record: 10.43.

Five wins

Dmitry Dobrjakov — 3×3, 4×4, 5×5, 6×6, 3×3 Fewest Moves

0.26s

closest final — 3×3, Dmitry Dobrjakov over Sergey Ryabko

135

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Dmitry Dobrjakov	7.09	9.01
2×2	Ivan Zabrodin	2.26	2.91
4×4	Dmitry Dobrjakov	35.29	38.09
5×5	Dmitry Dobrjakov	1:09.21	1:20.23
6×6	Dmitry Dobrjakov	2:24.61	2:30.80
7×7	Ivan Torgashov (Иван Торгашов)	3:28.21	3:34.04
3×3 blindfolded	Alexander Gorchackov	1:39.43	—
3×3 Fewest Moves	Dmitry Dobrjakov	27 moves	30.67
3×3 one-handed	Dmitry Dergunov	11.98	13.73
Clock	Ilya Tsiareshka	6.44	7.48
Megaminx	Dmitry Aniskin	1:06.69	1:10.72
Pyraminx	Artem Yashkov	4.65	5.79
Skewb	Artem Yashkov	3.18	4.76
Square-1	Alexey Mikhailov	13.62	14.68

The PB harvest

135 set · 31 still standing

Dmitry Dobrjakov — 3×3 Fewest Moves single 27 moves: into the top 8.0% of the event's history.
Viktor Finogenov — 3×3 single 10.55: into the top 9.1% of the event's history.
Ivan Torgashov (Иван Торгашов) — 3×3 Fewest Moves single 28 moves: into the top 9.9% of the event's history.
Maksim Danilov — 3×3 single 11.16: into the top 11.0% of the event's history.
Artemiy Fominenko — 3×3 single 12.87: into the top 17.0% of the event's history.
Daniil Arkhipov — 3×3 Fewest Moves single 31 moves: into the top 17.4% of the event's history.
Vitaliy Danch — 3×3 single 13.40: into the top 18.9% of the event's history.
Maksim Danilov — 2×2 single 3.44: into the top 19.4% of the event's history.

First-timers

26 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 17,946 people who made their debut in 2016. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

9 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

86 competitors · 601 results · 14 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. Dmitry Dobrjakov won it with a 9.01 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

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solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

86 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.