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SPB Summer 2018

Saint Petersburg · 4 August 2018 · 11 events · 196 competitors · 213 personal bests

Mulun Yin (阴目仑) won three of the eleven events (3×3, 5×5, 3×3 one-handed) and the closest final was the 4×4, won by Sergey Shitov by 0.09 seconds. 196 competitors produced 213 personal bests, 50 of which still stand today, and 77 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Akmal Abduazizov set the Megaminx single national record: 1:26.96.

Three wins
Mulun Yin (阴目仑) — 3×3, 5×5, 3×3 one-handed
0.09s
closest final — 4×4, Sergey Shitov over Mulun Yin (阴目仑)
213
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Mulun Yin (阴目仑)7.488.05
2×2Artem Yashkov3.093.24
4×4Sergey Shitov34.1535.58
5×5Mulun Yin (阴目仑)56.811:02.89
3×3 blindfoldedFedor Abaev1:02.64—
3×3 Fewest MovesAleksandr Beznogov29 moves—
3×3 one-handedMulun Yin (阴目仑)13.4614.17
MegaminxArtem Yashkov1:03.051:08.32
PyraminxMatvei Tianutov (Матвей Тянутов)3.564.50
SkewbMikhail Kuzin3.153.89
Square-1Artem Yashkov15.1118.65

The PB harvest

213 set · 50 still standing
  • Ian Gorev — 3×3 single 8.20: into the top 3.1% of the event's history.
  • Akmal Abduazizov — Pyraminx single 3.14: into the top 4.1% of the event's history.
  • Nikita Kataev — 2×2 single 2.46: into the top 8.5% of the event's history.
  • Sergey Ryabko — 4×4 single 37.22: into the top 8.9% of the event's history.
  • Ammar Haider — Pyraminx single 4.61: into the top 10.9% of the event's history.
  • Ilia Vakulenko — 3×3 single 11.17: into the top 11.0% of the event's history.
  • Dmitry Afonin — 3×3 single 11.21: into the top 11.1% of the event's history.
  • Vladislav Kirillov — 2×2 single 2.89: into the top 13.0% of the event's history.

First-timers

77 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

4 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

196 competitors · 995 results · 11 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. Mulun Yin (阴目仑) won it with a 8.05 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

196 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.