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Ukrainian Open 2023

Kyiv · 24 June 2023 · 12 events · 60 competitors · 90 personal bests

Lev Golub (Лев Голуб) won five of the twelve events (2×2, 4×4, 3×3 one-handed) and the closest final was the Pyraminx, won by Vladyslav Hordiienko by 0.29 seconds. 60 competitors produced 90 personal bests, 28 of which still stand today, and twelve people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Vladyslav Hryniuk (Владислав Гринюк) set the 6×6 single national record: 1:31.87.

Five wins
Lev Golub (Лев Голуб) — 2×2, 4×4, 3×3 one-handed, Clock, Skewb
0.29s
closest final — Pyraminx, Vladyslav Hordiienko over Mykhailo Akhunov (Михайло Ахунов)
90
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

The PB harvest

90 set · 28 still standing

First-timers

Twelve people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 37,591 people who made their debut in 2023. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

4 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

60 competitors · 533 results · 12 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. Ihor Sukhovatenko (Ігор Суховатенко) won it with a 7.20 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

60 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.