Competitions · Uzbekistan

Tashkent Open 2024

Tashkent · 24 February 2024 · 11 events · 72 competitors · 150 personal bests

Ekaterina Kaneva won two of the eleven events (3×3, Skewb) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Ekaterina Kaneva by 0.07 seconds. 72 competitors produced 150 personal bests, 73 of which still stand today, and 13 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Umidjon Zafarov (Умиджон Зафаров) set the 3×3 single national record: 6.18.

Two wins

Ekaterina Kaneva — 3×3, Skewb

0.07s

closest final — 3×3, Ekaterina Kaneva over Umidjon Zafarov (Умиджон Зафаров)

150

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Ekaterina Kaneva	7.34	8.80
2×2	Muhammadyusuf Abdumalikov	2.62	2.75
4×4	Damir Zhanataev	31.20	34.03
5×5	Umidjon Zafarov (Умиджон Зафаров)	1:09.97	1:10.80
6×6	Abdurauf Boymuminov	1:48.25	2:02.04
3×3 blindfolded	Bekzodjon Yusupov	45.72	—
3×3 one-handed	Damir Zhanataev	12.59	13.49
Clock	Bekzodjon Yusupov	5.43	7.25
Megaminx	Umidjon Zafarov (Умиджон Зафаров)	41.60	44.20
Pyraminx	Kamronbek Bolikulov	2.67	3.24
Skewb	Ekaterina Kaneva	2.47	2.65

The PB harvest

150 set · 73 still standing

Muhammadyusuf Abdumalikov — 3×3 single 6.20: into the top 0.62% of the event's history.
Shokhrukh Tolipov — 3×3 single 6.77: into the top 1.1% of the event's history.
Fayozbek Erkinov — Pyraminx single 2.37: into the top 1.9% of the event's history.
Fayozbek Erkinov — 2×2 single 1.61: into the top 2.6% of the event's history.
Asar Toleu — 3×3 single 8.33: into the top 3.4% of the event's history.
Philipp Radinskiy — Pyraminx single 3.08: into the top 3.9% of the event's history.
Bogdan Kashin — Pyraminx single 3.10: into the top 4.0% of the event's history.
Kamronbek Bolikulov — Clock single 5.05: into the top 4.5% of the event's history.

First-timers

13 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 32,954 people who made their debut in 2024. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

7 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

72 competitors · 511 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. Ekaterina Kaneva won it with a 8.80 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

72 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.