Competitions · Mongolia

Ulaanbaatar Spring 2023

Ulaanbaatar · 1 April 2023 · 8 events · 120 competitors · 140 personal bests

Khuslen Gan-Ochir won two of the eight events (Clock, Square-1) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Bilguun Sukhbaatar by 0.02 seconds. 120 competitors produced 140 personal bests, 30 of which still stand today, and 32 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Myagmar Chimed-Ochir took a 3×3 single of 48.07 down to 18.96, 61 percent better in one day.

Two wins

Khuslen Gan-Ochir — Clock, Square-1

0.02s

closest final — 3×3, Bilguun Sukhbaatar over Esukhei Bat-Erdene (Бат-Эрдэнэ Есүхэй)

140

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Bilguun Sukhbaatar	7.79	9.30
2×2	Orgil Otgonbayar (Отгонбаяр Оргил)	1.93	2.56
4×4	Esukhei Bat-Erdene (Бат-Эрдэнэ Есүхэй)	33.35	36.16
5×5	Altanbagana Altangerel (Алтангэрэл Алтанбагана)	57.94	1:03.20
Clock	Khuslen Gan-Ochir	7.23	7.95
Pyraminx	Renchinnorov Burenzevseg (Бүрэнзэвсэг Ренчинноров)	2.95	3.41
Skewb	Erkhemkhishig Batmunkh	2.61	4.97
Square-1	Khuslen Gan-Ochir	11.37	13.16

The PB harvest

140 set · 30 still standing

Erkhemkhishig Batmunkh — 3×3 single 6.90: into the top 1.2% of the event's history.
Purewdorj Enkhtur — Pyraminx single 2.60: into the top 2.5% of the event's history.
Ankhbayar Batbileg — 2×2 single 1.69: into the top 3.0% of the event's history.
Bilguun Soyolbaatar (Соёлбаатар Билгүүн) — Skewb single 2.59: into the top 3.2% of the event's history.
Ankhbayar Batbileg — 3×3 single 8.55: into the top 3.8% of the event's history.
Khuslen Narmandakh — 2×2 single 2.22: into the top 6.4% of the event's history.
Munkhtaivan Battugs — 2×2 single 2.28: into the top 6.9% of the event's history.
Temuulen Tserendagva — Skewb single 3.55: into the top 8.0% of the event's history.

First-timers

32 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

No national, continental or world records were set at this competition. That is true of most competitions.

The field

120 competitors · 544 results · 8 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. Bilguun Sukhbaatar won it with a 9.30 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

120 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.