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Ural Autumn 2021

Chelyabinsk · 24 October 2021 · 5 events · 25 competitors · 27 personal bests

Alexander Bashutkin won two of the five events (3×3, 2×2) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Alexander Bashutkin by 0.82 seconds. 25 competitors produced 27 personal bests, 16 of which still stand today, and five people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Artem Shagiev (Артём Шагиев) took a 2×2 single of 5.77 down to 2.99, 48 percent better in one day.

Two wins
Alexander Bashutkin — 3×3, 2×2
0.82s
closest final — 2×2, Alexander Bashutkin over Ekaterina Kaneva
27
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Alexander Bashutkin7.778.55
2×2Alexander Bashutkin1.052.09
4×4Vyacheslav Kochergin (Вячеслав Кочергин)29.3835.59
PyraminxPavel Mesyatsev2.052.15
SkewbEkaterina Kaneva2.364.34

The PB harvest

27 set · 16 still standing

First-timers

Five people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 4,438 people who made their debut in 2021. 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

25 competitors · 135 results · 5 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. Alexander Bashutkin won it with a 8.55 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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