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Ural Spring 2019

Chelyabinsk · 18 May 2019 · 13 events · 76 competitors · 184 personal bests

Ewsey Obzherin won three of the 13 events (2×2, Megaminx, Skewb) and the closest final was the 4×4, won by Ilia Murmulyak by 0.06 seconds. 76 competitors produced 184 personal bests, 76 of which still stand today, and 17 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Pavel Eroshkin (Павел Ерошкин) took a Square-1 single of 32.58 down to 14.50, 55 percent better in one day.

Three wins
Ewsey Obzherin — 2×2, Megaminx, Skewb
0.06s
closest final — 4×4, Ilia Murmulyak over Ewsey Obzherin
184
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Ilia Murmulyak8.409.39
2×2Ewsey Obzherin2.013.79
4×4Ilia Murmulyak35.4641.91
5×5Dmitry Shelomencev59.821:05.90
6×6Dmitry Shelomencev2:09.822:15.08
7×7Dmitry Shelomencev2:43.302:47.01
3×3 blindfoldedSergey Marin (Сергей Марьин)1:38.84
3×3 one-handedSemyon Terskov15.7019.55
MegaminxEwsey Obzherin59.351:04.32
PyraminxDmitry Evtushenko2.524.25
SkewbEwsey Obzherin3.074.83
Square-1Sergey Nepushkin (Сергей Непушкин)14.1717.00
3×3 with feetMikhail Andreev46.9556.20

The PB harvest

184 set · 76 still standing

First-timers

17 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 27,871 people who made their debut in 2019. 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

76 competitors · 474 results · 13 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. Ilia Murmulyak won it with a 9.39 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

76 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.