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Tashkent Open 2025

Tashkent · 6 December 2025 · 12 events · 27 competitors · 48 personal bests

Timofei Tarasenko won ten of the twelve events (3×3, 2×2, 4×4) and the closest final was the Skewb, won by Jasur Beknazov (Джасур Бекназов) by 0.13 seconds. 27 competitors produced 48 personal bests, 17 of which still stand today, and three people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A world record

Timofei Tarasenko set the Megaminx single world record: 21.99.

Ten wins
Timofei Tarasenko — 3×3, 2×2, 4×4, 5×5, 6×6, 7×7, 3×3 one-handed, Clock, Megaminx, Pyraminx
0.13s
closest final — Skewb, Jasur Beknazov (Джасур Бекназов) over Tolibjon Tokhirov
48
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Timofei Tarasenko4.335.56
2×2Timofei Tarasenko1.121.38
4×4Timofei Tarasenko18.1621.97
5×5Timofei Tarasenko39.1141.81
6×6Timofei Tarasenko1:05.961:10.06
7×7Timofei Tarasenko1:49.241:55.39
3×3 blindfoldedIgor Aipkin1:09.151:16.48
3×3 one-handedTimofei Tarasenko8.9012.30
ClockTimofei Tarasenko4.385.09
MegaminxTimofei Tarasenko25.0525.86
PyraminxTimofei Tarasenko2.212.88
SkewbJasur Beknazov (Джасур Бекназов)3.784.58

The PB harvest

48 set · 17 still standing

First-timers

Three people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 28,483 people who made their debut in 2025. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

5 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

27 competitors · 262 results · 12 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. Timofei Tarasenko won it with a 5.56 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

27 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.