Competitions · Russia

Svetlye Gory Open 2018

Microtown "V Lesu", Moscow Region · 29 June 2018 · 18 events · 253 competitors · 336 personal bests

Alexey Zharikov won five of the 18 events (5×5, 6×6, 7×7) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Andrey Che by 0.01 seconds. 253 competitors produced 336 personal bests, 149 of which still stand today, and 81 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Alexey Zharikov set the 6×6 single national record: 1:33.13.

Five wins

Alexey Zharikov — 5×5, 6×6, 7×7, 3×3 Fewest Moves, Megaminx

0.01s

closest final — 3×3, Andrey Che over Dmitry Dobrjakov

336

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Andrey Che	7.14	8.16
2×2	Andrey Che	2.02	2.91
4×4	Andrey Che	27.74	35.41
5×5	Alexey Zharikov	57.95	58.76
6×6	Alexey Zharikov	1:33.13	1:40.55
7×7	Alexey Zharikov	2:25.69	2:29.25
3×3 blindfolded	Grigorii Alekseev	22.74	—
3×3 Fewest Moves	Alexey Zharikov	30 moves	—
3×3 one-handed	Andrey Che	10.75	12.09
Clock	Dmitry Gundin	4.81	6.38
Megaminx	Alexey Zharikov	53.76	56.54
Pyraminx	Ilya Nazarov	2.62	3.12
Skewb	Vladislav Kozhin	3.14	3.69
Square-1	Sergey Chirin	9.84	11.67
4×4 blindfolded	Grigorii Alekseev	1:53.98	—
5×5 blindfolded	Artyom Martirosov	—	—
3×3 Multi-Blind	Maxim Chechnev	9 of 12 cubes · 1:00:00	—
3×3 with feet	Vladimir Korovin	42.78	45.51

The PB harvest

336 set · 149 still standing

Sergey Chirin — Pyraminx single 2.51: into the top 2.2% of the event's history.
Mikhail Kuzin — Pyraminx single 2.66: into the top 2.6% of the event's history.
Rustam Valeev — Pyraminx single 2.97: into the top 3.5% of the event's history.
Vladislav Kidakov — 2×2 single 2.05: into the top 5.1% of the event's history.
Sergey Shitov — Pyraminx single 3.43: into the top 5.2% of the event's history.
Oleg Kuzmichev — Pyraminx single 3.56: into the top 5.7% of the event's history.
Valentina Soloveva (Валентина Соловьёва) — Pyraminx single 3.78: into the top 6.6% of the event's history.
Roman Ponikarovskiy — Skewb single 3.33: into the top 6.7% of the event's history.

First-timers

81 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

7 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

253 competitors · 1246 results · 18 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. Andrey Che won it with a 8.16 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

253 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.