Competitions · Kazakhstan

Semey Open 2018

Semey · 8 June 2018 · 18 events · 108 competitors · 97 personal bests

Mats Valk won ten of the 18 events (3×3, 2×2, 4×4) and the closest final was the Pyraminx, won by Bakhytzhan Sharipbay (Бахытжан Шарипбай) by 0.04 seconds. 108 competitors produced 97 personal bests, 34 of which still stand today, and 69 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A continental record

Roman Strakhov set the 4×4 blindfolded single continental record: 1:50.27.

Ten wins

Mats Valk — 3×3, 2×2, 4×4, 5×5, 6×6, 7×7, 3×3 Fewest Moves, 3×3 one-handed, Megaminx, Square-1

0.04s

closest final — Pyraminx, Bakhytzhan Sharipbay (Бахытжан Шарипбай) over Alan Mussin (Алан Муссин)

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Mats Valk	6.02	6.70
2×2	Mats Valk	2.28	3.08
4×4	Mats Valk	23.12	26.19
5×5	Mats Valk	47.82	52.54
6×6	Mats Valk	1:41.48	1:50.91
7×7	Mats Valk	2:55.94	3:17.14
3×3 blindfolded	Roman Strakhov	32.78	—
3×3 Fewest Moves	Mats Valk	29 moves	—
3×3 one-handed	Mats Valk	11.02	15.86
Clock	Ilya Tsiareshka	6.26	7.91
Megaminx	Mats Valk	52.36	1:00.48
Pyraminx	Bakhytzhan Sharipbay (Бахытжан Шарипбай)	2.25	5.64
Skewb	Bakhytzhan Sharipbay (Бахытжан Шарипбай)	3.41	5.13
Square-1	Mats Valk	14.95	18.77
4×4 blindfolded	Roman Strakhov	1:50.27	2:17.89
5×5 blindfolded	Nikolai Masson (Николай Массон)	—	—
3×3 Multi-Blind	Nikolai Masson (Николай Массон)	3 of 3 cubes · 10:10	—
3×3 with feet	Yerasyl Bolysbek (Ерасыл Болысбек)	1:19.80	1:40.30

The PB harvest

97 set · 34 still standing

Bakhytzhan Sharipbay (Бахытжан Шарипбай) — Pyraminx single 2.25: into the top 1.6% of the event's history.
Roman Strakhov — 4×4 blindfolded single 1:50.27: into the top 1.9% of the event's history.
Alan Mussin (Алан Муссин) — Pyraminx single 2.98: into the top 3.6% of the event's history.
Ruslan Nurmukhambetov (Руслан Нурмухамбетов) — Pyraminx single 3.93: into the top 7.3% of the event's history.
Alan Mussin (Алан Муссин) — 3×3 single 9.99: into the top 7.4% of the event's history.
Madiyar Sovetov (Мадияр Советов) — Pyraminx single 4.77: into the top 11.8% of the event's history.
Aibar Asan (Айбар Асан) — 3×3 single 11.72: into the top 12.9% of the event's history.
Amirzhan Bigali (Амиржан Бигали) — 2×2 single 3.58: into the top 21.2% of the event's history.

First-timers

69 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

6 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

108 competitors · 636 results · 18 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. Mats Valk won it with a 6.70 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

108 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.