Competitions · Russia

SPB Muffin 2020

Pushkin, St. Petersburg · 14 March 2020 · 9 events · 190 competitors · 196 personal bests

Alexander Bashutkin won four of the nine events (3×3, 2×2, 4×4) and the closest final was the Skewb, won by Aleksandr Beznogov by 0.18 seconds. 190 competitors produced 196 personal bests, 167 of which still stand today, and 59 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Ivan Bogdan set the 4×4 single national record: 30.55.

Four wins

Alexander Bashutkin — 3×3, 2×2, 4×4, Pyraminx

0.18s

closest final — Skewb, Aleksandr Beznogov over Mikhail Kuzin

196

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Alexander Bashutkin	8.12	8.70
2×2	Alexander Bashutkin	1.41	2.28
4×4	Alexander Bashutkin	30.06	32.98
5×5	Ivan Torgashov (Иван Торгашов)	1:00.99	1:03.48
3×3 blindfolded	Roman Strakhov	57.09	—
3×3 one-handed	Dmitry Dergunov	10.03	12.99
Megaminx	Nikita Malykhin (Никита Малыхин)	46.22	54.72
Pyraminx	Alexander Bashutkin	2.26	4.24
Skewb	Aleksandr Beznogov	2.68	4.27

The PB harvest

196 set · 167 still standing

Ilya Zelkin — Pyraminx single 3.30: into the top 4.7% of the event's history.
Grigorii Kuptsov (Григорий Купцов) — 2×2 single 2.11: into the top 5.5% of the event's history.
Semyon Krutetskiy (Семён Крутецкий) — 2×2 single 2.34: into the top 7.4% of the event's history.
Daniil Ursul (Даниил Урсул) — Pyraminx single 4.19: into the top 8.6% of the event's history.
Mikhail Kalashnikov (Михаил Калашников) — Pyraminx single 4.97: into the top 13.0% of the event's history.
Maksim Golubev (Максим Голубев) — 2×2 single 2.90: into the top 13.1% of the event's history.
Aleksandr Khiamialiainen (Александр Хямяляйнен) — 2×2 single 2.91: into the top 13.2% of the event's history.
Nikolay Nikitin (Николай Никитин) — Pyraminx single 5.01: into the top 13.2% of the event's history.

First-timers

59 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

1 regional record was set at this competition.

The field

190 competitors · 875 results · 9 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. Alexander Bashutkin won it with a 8.70 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

190 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.