Competitions · Ukraine

Smart Cube Open 2017

Kiev · 13 May 2017 · 15 events · 121 competitors · 127 personal bests

Maksym Yeli (Максим Єлі) won three of the 15 events (4×4, 5×5, 3×3 one-handed) and the closest final was the Skewb, won by Oleksandr Kibenko (Олександр Кібенко) by 0.09 seconds. 121 competitors produced 127 personal bests, 50 of which still stand today, and 64 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Oleksandr Ivanchak (Олександр Іванчак) set the 3×3 blindfolded single national record: 29.93.

Three wins

Maksym Yeli (Максим Єлі) — 4×4, 5×5, 3×3 one-handed

0.09s

closest final — Skewb, Oleksandr Kibenko (Олександр Кібенко) over Vladyslav Zhydkov (Владислав Жидков)

127

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Valerii Pochtar (Валерій Почтар)	7.35	9.06
2×2	Vladyslav Zhydkov (Владислав Жидков)	2.75	3.32
4×4	Maksym Yeli (Максим Єлі)	30.93	39.43
5×5	Maksym Yeli (Максим Єлі)	1:04.15	1:05.97
3×3 blindfolded	Oleksandr Ivanchak (Олександр Іванчак)	29.93	—
3×3 Fewest Moves	Vladyslav Zhyhailo (Владислав Жигайло)	31 moves	—
3×3 one-handed	Maksym Yeli (Максим Єлі)	12.82	14.42
Clock	Vladyslav Zhydkov (Владислав Жидков)	7.14	7.62
Megaminx	Igor Tarasov	1:05.03	1:09.68
Pyraminx	Oleksandr Kibenko (Олександр Кібенко)	3.20	4.09
Skewb	Oleksandr Kibenko (Олександр Кібенко)	3.30	4.95
Square-1	Nikita Kovalchuk (Нікіта Ковальчук)	14.33	15.69
4×4 blindfolded	Oleksandr Ivanchak (Олександр Іванчак)	9:27.56	—
5×5 blindfolded	Maksym Dumanskyi (Максим Думанський)	—	—
3×3 Multi-Blind	Oleksandr Ivanchak (Олександр Іванчак)	4 of 4 cubes · 11:30	—

The PB harvest

127 set · 50 still standing

Valerii Pochtar (Валерій Почтар) — 3×3 one-handed single 11.74: into the top 2.7% of the event's history.
Andrii Doroshenko (Андрій Дорошенко) — Pyraminx single 3.02: into the top 3.7% of the event's history.
Oleh Dubynskyi (Олег Дубинський) — 3×3 one-handed single 13.04: into the top 4.5% of the event's history.
Vitalii Revasevych (Віталій Ревасевич) — Skewb single 3.43: into the top 7.3% of the event's history.
Valerii Pochtar (Валерій Почтар) — 2×2 single 2.36: into the top 7.6% of the event's history.
Oleh Dubynskyi (Олег Дубинський) — 3×3 single 10.36: into the top 8.5% of the event's history.
Mykhailo Kovalov (Михайло Ковальов) — 3×3 single 10.57: into the top 9.2% of the event's history.
Vitalii Revasevych (Віталій Ревасевич) — 3×3 single 10.61: into the top 9.3% of the event's history.

First-timers

64 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 23,482 people who made their debut in 2017. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

2 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

121 competitors · 663 results · 15 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 9.06 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

121 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.