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To The Moon 2017

Moscow · 6 May 2017 · 15 events · 95 competitors · 142 personal bests

Andrey Che won four of the 15 events (2×2, 5×5, 3×3 one-handed) and the closest final was the Skewb, won by Vladislav Kozhin by 0.19 seconds. 95 competitors produced 142 personal bests, 42 of which still stand today, and 23 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Fyodor Borisov set the Clock single national record: 5.31.

Four wins
Andrey Che — 2×2, 5×5, 3×3 one-handed, Square-1
0.19s
closest final — Skewb, Vladislav Kozhin over Grigoriy Andreev
142
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Pavel Galaktionov8.879.67
2×2Andrey Che2.552.98
4×4Dmitry Zvyagintsev30.3135.51
5×5Andrey Che1:05.601:17.52
6×6Ivan Torgashov (Иван Торгашов)2:22.362:29.33
7×7Ivan Torgashov (Иван Торгашов)3:42.633:52.82
3×3 blindfoldedRoman Strakhov33.7140.91
3×3 Fewest MovesPavel Galaktionov29 moves31.00
3×3 one-handedAndrey Che11.0112.81
ClockFyodor Borisov5.316.69
PyraminxIlya Nazarov3.053.37
SkewbVladislav Kozhin4.064.25
Square-1Andrey Che9.3612.07
5×5 blindfoldedGrigorii Alekseev9:03.73—
3×3 with feetSergey Lahno1:06.291:15.14

The PB harvest

142 set · 42 still standing
  • Kirill Litvinov — 3×3 one-handed single 11.41: into the top 2.3% of the event's history.
  • Alexey Elokhin — 3×3 single 8.25: into the top 3.2% of the event's history.
  • Matvey Olikheyko — 2×2 single 1.76: into the top 3.4% of the event's history.
  • Sergey Golubtsov — 2×2 single 1.90: into the top 4.1% of the event's history.
  • Dmitry Korolev — 3×3 single 8.81: into the top 4.4% of the event's history.
  • Fyodor Borisov — 3×3 single 8.95: into the top 4.7% of the event's history.
  • Nikolay Vasilyev — 2×2 single 2.23: into the top 6.5% of the event's history.
  • Fyodor Ivanov — 4×4 single 35.38: into the top 7.1% of the event's history.

First-timers

23 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

3 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

95 competitors · 625 results · 15 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. Pavel Galaktionov won it with a 9.67 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

95 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.