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Ural Winter 2019

Chelyabinsk · 19 January 2019 · 13 events · 77 competitors · 138 personal bests

Dmitry Shelomencev won four of the 13 events (5×5, 6×6, 7×7) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Sergey Marin (Сергей Марьин) by 0.10 seconds. 77 competitors produced 138 personal bests, 40 of which still stand today, and 23 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Timofey Tereshchenko (Тимофей Терещенко) took a 2×2 single of 19.82 down to 9.86, 50 percent better in one day.

Four wins
Dmitry Shelomencev — 5×5, 6×6, 7×7, Megaminx
0.10s
closest final — 2×2, Sergey Marin (Сергей Марьин) over Andrey Kolevatykh (Андрей Колеватых)
138
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Ilia Murmulyak9.3710.75
2×2Sergey Marin (Сергей Марьин)3.143.72
4×4Ekaterina Shutenko39.2643.29
5×5Dmitry Shelomencev1:08.911:14.08
6×6Dmitry Shelomencev2:01.262:06.76
7×7Dmitry Shelomencev2:51.623:00.16
3×3 blindfoldedSergey Marin (Сергей Марьин)1:37.37
3×3 one-handedNikita Nifatov (Никита Нифатов)18.5321.31
MegaminxDmitry Shelomencev1:13.101:24.83
PyraminxDmitry Evtushenko4.504.98
SkewbDmitry Polyakov (Дмитрий Поляков)4.887.13
Square-1Nikita Bespalov19.3925.83
3×3 with feetNikita Bespalov52.9659.55

The PB harvest

138 set · 40 still standing

First-timers

23 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

77 competitors · 396 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 10.75 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

77 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.