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Ural Winter 2020

Chelyabinsk · 22 February 2020 · 11 events · 45 competitors · 73 personal bests

Dmitry Shelomencev won three of the eleven events (5×5, 6×6, 7×7) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Sergey Marin (Сергей Марьин) by 0.00 seconds. 45 competitors produced 73 personal bests, 55 of which still stand today, and twelve people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Sergey Marin (Сергей Марьин) took a 2×2 single of 1.58 down to 0.73, 54 percent better in one day.

Three wins
Dmitry Shelomencev — 5×5, 6×6, 7×7
0.00s
closest final — 2×2, Sergey Marin (Сергей Марьин) over Vyacheslav Kochergin (Вячеслав Кочергин)
73
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Ilia Murmulyak8.499.47
2×2Sergey Marin (Сергей Марьин)0.732.39
4×4Ekaterina Shutenko25.7035.54
5×5Dmitry Shelomencev1:05.431:09.64
6×6Dmitry Shelomencev2:00.232:01.50
7×7Dmitry Shelomencev2:32.512:40.08
3×3 one-handedLev Aronov15.8417.19
MegaminxVyacheslav Kochergin (Вячеслав Кочергин)54.511:00.64
PyraminxVyacheslav Kochergin (Вячеслав Кочергин)3.594.57
SkewbSergey Marin (Сергей Марьин)3.894.35
Square-1Vitaliy Takanov9.5513.47

The PB harvest

73 set · 55 still standing

First-timers

Twelve 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

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

The field

45 competitors · 301 results · 11 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 9.47 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

45 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.