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Ukrainian Nationals 2018

Lviv · 12 October 2018 · 18 events · 147 competitors · 258 personal bests

Lev Golub (Лев Голуб) won four of the 18 events (3×3, 2×2, Clock) and the closest final was the 3×3 one-handed, won by Nikita Kovalchuk (Нікіта Ковальчук) by 0.05 seconds. 147 competitors produced 258 personal bests, 87 of which still stand today, and 42 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Daniel Yakhkind set the 3×3 with feet single national record: 28.54.

Four wins

Lev Golub (Лев Голуб) — 3×3, 2×2, Clock, Skewb

0.05s

closest final — 3×3 one-handed, Nikita Kovalchuk (Нікіта Ковальчук) over Maksym Zharov (Максим Жаров)

258

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Lev Golub (Лев Голуб)	7.24	7.67
2×2	Lev Golub (Лев Голуб)	2.40	2.68
4×4	Maksym Yeli (Максим Єлі)	26.33	30.71
5×5	Maksym Yeli (Максим Єлі)	52.02	56.13
6×6	Maksym Yeli (Максим Єлі)	1:52.05	1:54.38
7×7	Vladyslav Zhydkov (Владислав Жидков)	2:49.79	2:56.27
3×3 blindfolded	Oleksandr Ivanchak (Олександр Іванчак)	37.54	—
3×3 Fewest Moves	Serhii Koksharov (Сергій Кокшаров)	28 moves	30.00
3×3 one-handed	Nikita Kovalchuk (Нікіта Ковальчук)	11.21	13.79
Clock	Lev Golub (Лев Голуб)	5.20	6.41
Megaminx	Vladyslav Hryniuk (Владислав Гринюк)	48.88	49.74
Pyraminx	Marko Striyeshyn	2.09	2.74
Skewb	Lev Golub (Лев Голуб)	2.56	3.32
Square-1	Pavlo Huk (Павло Гук)	8.43	10.26
4×4 blindfolded	Oleksandr Ivanchak (Олександр Іванчак)	7:28.67	—
5×5 blindfolded	Nikita Loika	28:04.00	—
3×3 Multi-Blind	Oleksandr Ivanchak (Олександр Іванчак)	8 of 8 cubes · 31:13	—
3×3 with feet	Daniel Yakhkind	32.00	37.48

The PB harvest

258 set · 87 still standing

Mykyta Tytar (Микита Титарь) — 3×3 single 5.34: into the top 0.2% of the event's history.
Nikita Kovalchuk (Нікіта Ковальчук) — 3×3 single 5.89: into the top 0.42% of the event's history.
Marko Striyeshyn — 3×3 single 7.36: into the top 1.8% of the event's history.
Pavlo Huk (Павло Гук) — 3×3 Fewest Moves single 25 moves: into the top 5.1% of the event's history.
Arsen Palamarchuk (Арсен Паламарчук) — 2×2 single 2.05: into the top 5.1% of the event's history.
Oleh Kuprienko (Олег Купрієнко) — Pyraminx single 3.54: into the top 5.6% of the event's history.
Arsen Palamarchuk (Арсен Паламарчук) — Pyraminx single 3.62: into the top 6.0% of the event's history.
Daniel Yakhkind — Pyraminx single 3.68: into the top 6.2% of the event's history.

First-timers

42 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 26,076 people who made their debut in 2018. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

13 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

147 competitors · 1254 results · 18 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 7.67 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

147 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.