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Tatarstan Spring Open 2017

Kazan · 18 March 2017 · 11 events · 66 competitors · 45 personal bests

Timur Frolov won two of the eleven events (3×3, 4×4) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Timur Frolov by 0.06 seconds. 66 competitors produced 45 personal bests, 6 of which still stand today, and 51 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Danil Kalachev took a 3×3 single of 42.72 down to 20.25, 53 percent better in one day.

Two wins
Timur Frolov — 3×3, 4×4
0.06s
closest final — 3×3, Timur Frolov over Erik Shakirov
45
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Timur Frolov9.8111.50
2×2Vladimir Vetkin3.223.67
4×4Timur Frolov36.8541.58
5×5Vladimir Vetkin1:28.681:35.69
3×3 blindfoldedMaxim Chechnev1:15.431:53.22
3×3 Fewest MovesRuslan Chayka42 moves—
3×3 one-handedErik Shakirov18.5022.13
MegaminxDenis Fedorov2:46.182:58.11
PyraminxArtur Pecherskikh7.248.27
SkewbAlexey Kislovskiy4.245.95
Square-1Rodion Sekerin17.2220.65

The PB harvest

45 set · 6 still standing
  • Rodion Sekerin — 3×3 single 11.49: into the top 12.1% of the event's history.
  • Egor Dubrovskiy — 3×3 one-handed single 22.01: into the top 26.1% of the event's history.
  • Danil Kalachev — Pyraminx single 8.09: into the top 36.9% of the event's history.
  • Danil Kalachev — 3×3 single 20.25: into the top 40.7% of the event's history.
  • Aleksey Alekseev — 5×5 single 3:04.19: into the top 79.4% of the event's history.
  • Danil Kalachev — Megaminx single 3:18.55: into the top 80.4% of the event's history.

First-timers

51 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 23,482 people who made their debut in 2017. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

No national, continental or world records were set at this competition. That is true of most competitions.

The field

66 competitors · 400 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. Timur Frolov won it with a 11.50 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

66 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.