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Tartu Open 2021

Tartu · 18 December 2021 · 8 events · 31 competitors · 52 personal bests

Kaur Tuule won three of the eight events (3×3, 4×4, 3×3 one-handed) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Kaur Tuule by 0.21 seconds. 31 competitors produced 52 personal bests, 5 of which still stand today, and two people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Kaur Tuule set the 3×3 single national record: 6.42.

Three wins
Kaur Tuule — 3×3, 4×4, 3×3 one-handed
0.21s
closest final — 3×3, Kaur Tuule over Mikus Lembergs
52
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Kaur Tuule6.428.71
2×2Roberts Dreijers1.882.41
4×4Kaur Tuule33.0436.16
5×5Mikus Lembergs1:08.611:15.22
3×3 one-handedKaur Tuule10.5216.58
MegaminxJan Erik Soosaar50.6655.70
PyraminxMikus Lembergs3.153.81
Square-1Roberts Dreijers11.2211.96

The PB harvest

52 set · 5 still standing
  • Andrei Solntsev — 3×3 one-handed single 16.22: into the top 10.7% of the event's history.
  • Rūdolfs Dubovs — 5×5 single 1:22.25: into the top 20.9% of the event's history.
  • Matvei Gaponenko — Pyraminx single 7.98: into the top 36.0% of the event's history.
  • Kaur Kenk — 4×4 single 1:17.80: into the top 54.1% of the event's history.
  • Kaur Kenk — Square-1 single 52.50: into the top 78.3% of the event's history.

First-timers

Two people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 4,438 people who made their debut in 2021. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

5 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

31 competitors · 213 results · 8 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. Kaur Tuule won it with a 8.71 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

31 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.