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U24 Open October 2022

Kyiv · 23 October 2022 · 7 events · 50 competitors · 44 personal bests

Lev Golub (Лев Голуб) won five of the seven events (3×3, 3×3 one-handed, Pyraminx) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Vladyslav Zhydkov (Владислав Жидков) by 0.37 seconds. 50 competitors produced 44 personal bests, 15 of which still stand today, and eleven people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Lev Golub (Лев Голуб) set the 3×3 average national record: 7.18.

Five wins
Lev Golub (Лев Голуб) — 3×3, 3×3 one-handed, Pyraminx, Skewb, Square-1
0.37s
closest final — 2×2, Vladyslav Zhydkov (Владислав Жидков) over Lev Golub (Лев Голуб)
44
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

The PB harvest

44 set · 15 still standing

First-timers

Eleven people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 26,245 people who made their debut in 2022. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

2 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

50 competitors · 302 results · 7 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. Lev Golub (Лев Голуб) won it with a 7.18 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

50 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.