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Samara Speedcubing Fest 2019

Samara · 26 October 2019 · 5 events · 46 competitors · 28 personal bests

Artur Chechekhin (Артур Чечёхин) won the 3×3 with a 10.81 and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Artur Chechekhin (Артур Чечёхин) by 0.79 seconds. 46 competitors produced 28 personal bests, 18 of which still stand today, and 27 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Yaroslav Kulayev (Ярослав Кулаев) took a Pyraminx single of 6.04 down to 4.01, 34 percent better in one day.

5
events decided
0.79s
closest final — 3×3, Artur Chechekhin (Артур Чечёхин) over Nikita Gamolin
28
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Artur Chechekhin (Артур Чечёхин)8.2710.81
2×2Semen Salmin1.612.99
3×3 one-handedSemen Murzin (Семён Мурзин)14.2115.84
PyraminxVladimir Semidyanov3.643.86
SkewbMikhail Glazov (Михаил Глазов)3.373.97

The PB harvest

28 set · 18 still standing

First-timers

27 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 27,871 people who made their debut in 2019. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

No national, continental or world records were set at this competition. That is true of most competitions.

The field

46 competitors · 190 results · 5 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. Artur Chechekhin (Артур Чечёхин) won it with a 10.81 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

46 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.