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Slavonic Gymnasium Open 2016

Kiev · 21 May 2016 · 14 events · 64 competitors · 122 personal bests

Vladyslav Zhyhailo (Владислав Жигайло) won two of the 14 events (2×2, 6×6) and the closest final was the Skewb, won by Dmytro Sharapov (Дмитро Шарапов) by 0.30 seconds. 64 competitors produced 122 personal bests, 55 of which still stand today, and 20 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Oleksandr Ivanchak (Олександр Іванчак) set the 3×3 Multi-Blind single national record: 13 of 14 cubes · 57:28.

Two wins
Vladyslav Zhyhailo (Владислав Жигайло) — 2×2, 6×6
0.30s
closest final — Skewb, Dmytro Sharapov (Дмитро Шарапов) over Lev Golub (Лев Голуб)
122
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

The PB harvest

122 set · 55 still standing

First-timers

20 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 17,946 people who made their debut in 2016. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

8 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

64 competitors · 573 results · 14 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. Valerii Pochtar (Валерій Почтар) won it with a 9.16 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

64 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.