Competitions · Ukraine

Smart Cube Fest 2018

Kiev · 9 November 2018 · 14 events · 223 competitors · 291 personal bests

Andrii Lushpak (Андрій Лушпак) won two of the 14 events (3×3 blindfolded, 5×5 blindfolded) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Mykyta Tytar (Микита Титарь) by 0.02 seconds. 223 competitors produced 291 personal bests, 124 of which still stand today, and 78 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Daniel Yakhkind set the 3×3 Fewest Moves single national record: 34 moves.

Two wins

Andrii Lushpak (Андрій Лушпак) — 3×3 blindfolded, 5×5 blindfolded

0.02s

closest final — 3×3, Mykyta Tytar (Микита Титарь) over Maksym Yeli (Максим Єлі)

291

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Mykyta Tytar (Микита Титарь)	7.40	8.24
2×2	Vladyslav Zhydkov (Владислав Жидков)	2.41	2.52
4×4	Nikita Kovalchuk (Нікіта Ковальчук)	28.24	29.96
5×5	Maksym Yeli (Максим Єлі)	52.67	56.49
3×3 blindfolded	Andrii Lushpak (Андрій Лушпак)	52.42	1:02.18
3×3 Fewest Moves	Nikita Loika	27 moves	29.00
3×3 one-handed	Maksym Zharov (Максим Жаров)	11.56	13.66
Megaminx	Oleksii Lukin (Олексій Лукін)	46.78	48.91
Pyraminx	Yurii Hnidko (Юрій Гнідко)	2.31	3.85
Skewb	Lev Golub (Лев Голуб)	3.01	3.45
Square-1	Pavlo Huk (Павло Гук)	9.62	11.66
4×4 blindfolded	Maksym Dumanskyi (Максим Думанський)	11:41.00	—
5×5 blindfolded	Andrii Lushpak (Андрій Лушпак)	28:23.00	—
3×3 Multi-Blind	Volodymyr Korol (Володимир Король)	4 of 4 cubes · 24:39	—

The PB harvest

291 set · 124 still standing

Volodymyr Hnidko (Володимир Гнідко) — 2×2 single 1.18: into the top 0.98% of the event's history.
Jēkabs Janovs — Pyraminx single 2.26: into the top 1.6% of the event's history.
Nikita Loika — 2×2 single 1.53: into the top 2.3% of the event's history.
Rio Truija — 2×2 single 1.99: into the top 4.7% of the event's history.
Ostap Skakun (Остап Скакун) — Pyraminx single 3.87: into the top 7.0% of the event's history.
Marharyta Dovbii (Маргарита Довбій) — Pyraminx single 3.93: into the top 7.3% of the event's history.
Volodymyr Korol (Володимир Король) — Pyraminx single 4.11: into the top 8.2% of the event's history.
Oleksandr Marchuk (Олександр Марчук) — 2×2 single 2.46: into the top 8.5% of the event's history.

First-timers

78 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

8 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

223 competitors · 1314 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. Mykyta Tytar (Микита Титарь) won it with a 8.24 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

223 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.