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Ural Autumn 2020

Kopeysk · 4 October 2020 · 6 events · 25 competitors · 37 personal bests

Ivan Polkanov (Иван Полканов) won two of the six events (3×3, 2×2) and the closest final was the 5×5, won by Alexander Bashutkin by 0.02 seconds. 25 competitors produced 37 personal bests, 9 of which still stand today, and four people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Stepan Makarenko set the Square-1 single national record: 7.47.

Two wins
Ivan Polkanov (Иван Полканов) — 3×3, 2×2
0.02s
closest final — 5×5, Alexander Bashutkin over Ivan Polkanov (Иван Полканов)
37
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

The PB harvest

37 set · 9 still standing

First-timers

Four people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 4,608 people who made their debut in 2020. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

1 regional record was set at this competition.

The field

25 competitors · 142 results · 6 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. Ivan Polkanov (Иван Полканов) won it with a 8.43 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

25 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.