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Siberia Open 2020

Barnaul · 29 February 2020 · 10 events · 59 competitors · 107 personal bests

Mikhail Kopylov (Михаил Копылов) won five of the ten events (3×3, 4×4, 3×3 one-handed) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Maxim Brednev (Максим Бреднев) by 0.12 seconds. 59 competitors produced 107 personal bests, 101 of which still stand today, and 18 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Ilya Lubeznov (Илья Любезнов) took a 2×2 single of 8.08 down to 2.25, 72 percent better in one day.

Five wins
Mikhail Kopylov (Михаил Копылов) — 3×3, 4×4, 3×3 one-handed, Megaminx, Square-1
0.12s
closest final — 2×2, Maxim Brednev (Максим Бреднев) over Mikhail Kopylov (Михаил Копылов)
107
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

The PB harvest

107 set · 101 still standing

First-timers

18 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

59 competitors · 413 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. Mikhail Kopylov (Михаил Копылов) won it with a 9.73 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

59 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.