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Tula Open 2014

Tula · 28 March 2014 · 17 events · 74 competitors · 137 personal bests

Dmitry Kryuzban won three of the 17 events (Clock, Megaminx, Pyraminx) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Maksim Vorobyev by 0.10 seconds. 74 competitors produced 137 personal bests, 30 of which still stand today, and 16 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Alexey Polyashov set the 3×3 one-handed single national record: 10.78.

Three wins
Dmitry Kryuzban — Clock, Megaminx, Pyraminx
0.10s
closest final — 2×2, Maksim Vorobyev over Ivan Torgashov (Иван Торгашов)
137
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Sergey Ryabko8.229.55
2×2Maksim Vorobyev2.413.56
4×4Georgy Vershinin34.0935.08
5×5Ivan Torgashov (Иван Торгашов)1:06.651:10.19
6×6Vladislav Shavelskiy2:01.522:18.14
7×7Vladislav Shavelskiy2:58.633:05.70
3×3 blindfoldedAnton Rostovikov34.34—
3×3 Fewest MovesFyodor Ivanov31 moves—
3×3 one-handedKyyarkhan Nikolaev13.1815.55
ClockDmitry Kryuzban7.368.89
MegaminxDmitry Kryuzban1:12.651:17.79
PyraminxDmitry Kryuzban3.604.21
Square-1Rodion Sekerin15.2121.53
4×4 blindfoldedOleg Gritsenko3:26.70—
5×5 blindfoldedIvan Zabrodin——
3×3 Multi-BlindAnton Rostovikov9 of 10 cubes · 52:36—
3×3 with feetYaroslav Ivanashev1:10.411:16.98

The PB harvest

137 set · 30 still standing
  • Alexey Polyashov — 3×3 one-handed single 10.78: into the top 1.6% of the event's history.
  • Yaroslav Ivanashev — 2×2 single 2.15: into the top 5.8% of the event's history.
  • Dmitry Zvyagintsev — 5×5 single 1:03.43: into the top 7.5% of the event's history.
  • Anastasia Kim — 3×3 single 11.66: into the top 12.7% of the event's history.
  • Dmitry Lavrov — Pyraminx single 5.18: into the top 14.3% of the event's history.
  • Yaroslav Ivanashev — 7×7 single 3:31.11: into the top 20.2% of the event's history.
  • Yaroslav Ivanashev — 4×4 single 47.36: into the top 21.3% of the event's history.
  • Ivan Anikin — 3×3 single 14.16: into the top 21.5% of the event's history.

First-timers

16 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 9,275 people who made their debut in 2014. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

9 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

74 competitors · 595 results · 17 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. Sergey Ryabko won it with a 9.55 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

74 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.