Competitions · Azerbaijan

Shamkir Open 2018

Şəmkir · 15 July 2018 · 4 events · 13 competitors · 9 personal bests

Javid Nabizade won three of the four events (3×3, 2×2, Pyraminx) and the closest final was the Skewb, won by Aslan Kazimov by 0.07 seconds. 13 competitors produced 9 personal bests, 3 of which still stand today, and five people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Javid Nabizade set the 3×3 average national record: 9.99.

Three wins

Javid Nabizade — 3×3, 2×2, Pyraminx

0.07s

closest final — Skewb, Aslan Kazimov over Javid Nabizade

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Javid Nabizade	9.22	9.99
2×2	Javid Nabizade	3.18	3.95
Pyraminx	Javid Nabizade	6.07	7.78
Skewb	Aslan Kazimov	5.39	6.70

The PB harvest

9 set · 3 still standing

Murad Talıbov — 2×2 single 3.18: into the top 16.4% of the event's history.
Xaliq Huseynov — Pyraminx single 10.87: into the top 59.6% of the event's history.
Turan Huseynov — Pyraminx single 18.90: into the top 91.4% of the event's history.

First-timers

Five 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

1 regional record was set at this competition.

The field

13 competitors · 47 results · 4 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. Javid Nabizade won it with a 9.99 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

13 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.