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SPB Spring Open 2016

Pushkin, St. Petersburg · 7 May 2016 · 15 events · 75 competitors · 112 personal bests

Dmitry Dobrjakov won four of the 15 events (3×3, 2×2, 4×4) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Dmitry Dobrjakov by 0.43 seconds. 75 competitors produced 112 personal bests, 33 of which still stand today, and 21 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Dmitry Dobrjakov set the 3×3 single national record: 6.77.

Four wins
Dmitry Dobrjakov — 3×3, 2×2, 4×4, 3×3 one-handed
0.43s
closest final — 2×2, Dmitry Dobrjakov over Pavel Galaktionov
112
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Dmitry Dobrjakov6.797.82
2×2Dmitry Dobrjakov1.972.98
4×4Dmitry Dobrjakov33.9737.13
5×5Ivan Torgashov (Иван Торгашов)1:09.311:11.98
6×6Ivan Torgashov (Иван Торгашов)2:21.362:26.64
7×7Georgy Vershinin3:38.563:48.57
3×3 blindfoldedAlexander Gorchackov1:14.42—
3×3 Fewest MovesPavel Galaktionov30 moves—
3×3 one-handedDmitry Dobrjakov12.5813.99
ClockStepan Tsarev8.4410.45
MegaminxPavel Galaktionov1:47.751:52.75
PyraminxPavel Galaktionov4.726.39
SkewbMikhail Kuzin4.375.32
Square-1Vyacheslav Sizov19.2323.68
5×5 blindfoldedRoman Strakhov5:15.36—

The PB harvest

112 set · 33 still standing
  • Pavel Galaktionov — 3×3 one-handed single 9.04: into the top 0.53% of the event's history.
  • Mikhail Kuzin — 2×2 single 1.60: into the top 2.6% of the event's history.
  • Nikolay Golovenko — 2×2 single 2.99: into the top 14.1% of the event's history.
  • Ivan Koniakhin — 2×2 single 3.02: into the top 14.5% of the event's history.
  • Daniil Arkhipov — 3×3 one-handed single 18.54: into the top 16.5% of the event's history.
  • Nikita Kuznetsov — 2×2 single 3.28: into the top 17.5% of the event's history.
  • Alexander Gorchackov — 3×3 blindfolded single 1:14.42: into the top 17.6% of the event's history.
  • Vitaliy Danch — 3×3 one-handed single 21.12: into the top 23.6% of the event's history.

First-timers

21 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

2 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

75 competitors · 510 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. Dmitry Dobrjakov won it with a 7.82 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

75 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.