Competitions · Russia

Severodvinsk Cup 2020

Severodvinsk · 8 February 2020 · 10 events · 55 competitors · 30 personal bests

Semen Artyukhov won five of the ten events (3×3, 4×4, 3×3 one-handed) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Polina Konopleva (Полина Коноплева) by 0.26 seconds. 55 competitors produced 30 personal bests, 25 of which still stand today, and 45 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Aleksandra Lukianova (Александра Лукьянова) took a Clock single of 33.61 down to 14.27, 58 percent better in one day.

Five wins

Semen Artyukhov — 3×3, 4×4, 3×3 one-handed, Megaminx, Skewb

0.26s

closest final — 2×2, Polina Konopleva (Полина Коноплева) over Semen Artyukhov

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Semen Artyukhov	9.62	11.12
2×2	Polina Konopleva (Полина Коноплева)	3.10	4.04
4×4	Semen Artyukhov	34.02	38.92
3×3 blindfolded	Andrey Koposov (Андрей Копосов)	2:48.57	—
3×3 one-handed	Semen Artyukhov	15.10	20.17
Clock	Ekaterina Soboleva (Екатерина Соболева)	10.25	12.66
Megaminx	Semen Artyukhov	1:02.95	1:08.21
Pyraminx	Dmitry Kudryashov (Дмитрий Кудряшов)	5.09	5.85
Skewb	Semen Artyukhov	2.66	3.17
Square-1	Vyacheslav Sizov	14.54	20.27

The PB harvest

30 set · 25 still standing

Semen Artyukhov — 3×3 single 7.68: into the top 2.2% of the event's history.
Semen Artyukhov — Pyraminx single 3.51: into the top 5.5% of the event's history.
Semen Artyukhov — 4×4 single 34.02: into the top 5.9% of the event's history.
Polina Konopleva (Полина Коноплева) — 2×2 single 2.48: into the top 8.7% of the event's history.
Vyacheslav Sizov — 3×3 single 10.67: into the top 9.5% of the event's history.
Aleksandra Lukianova (Александра Лукьянова) — 2×2 single 2.72: into the top 11.1% of the event's history.
Polina Konopleva (Полина Коноплева) — 3×3 single 11.73: into the top 13.0% of the event's history.
Andrey Robota — 3×3 single 11.73: into the top 13.0% of the event's history.

First-timers

45 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 4,608 people who made their debut in 2020. 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

55 competitors · 350 results · 10 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. Semen Artyukhov won it with a 11.12 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

55 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.