Competitions · Uzbekistan

Uzbekistan New Year 2023

Tashkent · 6 January 2023 · 13 events · 90 competitors · 172 personal bests

Andrey Che won seven of the 13 events (2×2, 5×5, 3×3 Fewest Moves) and the closest final was the Skewb, won by Andrey Che by 0.09 seconds. 90 competitors produced 172 personal bests, 60 of which still stand today, and 34 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Anvar Abdullaev set the 3×3 single national record: 6.62.

Seven wins

Andrey Che — 2×2, 5×5, 3×3 Fewest Moves, 3×3 one-handed, Megaminx, Pyraminx, Skewb

0.09s

closest final — Skewb, Andrey Che over Alexander Bashutkin

172

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Alexander Bashutkin	7.11	7.56
2×2	Andrey Che	0.77	1.90
4×4	Alexander Bashutkin	28.60	29.94
5×5	Andrey Che	55.15	57.35
6×6	Alexander Bashutkin	2:02.49	2:12.57
7×7	Diasbek Zhuraev (Диасбек Жураев)	2:48.61	3:00.66
3×3 blindfolded	Muhammed Ameen	58.16	—
3×3 Fewest Moves	Andrey Che	27 moves	32.00
3×3 one-handed	Andrey Che	9.68	10.27
Clock	Nikita Kim (Никита Ким)	6.73	8.01
Megaminx	Andrey Che	40.11	43.74
Pyraminx	Andrey Che	2.26	3.49
Skewb	Andrey Che	4.12	4.65

The PB harvest

172 set · 60 still standing

Andrey Che — 2×2 single 0.77: into the top 0.2% of the event's history.
Anvar Abdullaev — 3×3 single 6.62: into the top 0.96% of the event's history.
Oleg Ten (Олег Тен) — 3×3 single 8.08: into the top 2.9% of the event's history.
Ulugbek Ganiev — 3×3 single 9.17: into the top 5.3% of the event's history.
Oleg Ten (Олег Тен) — 2×2 single 2.13: into the top 5.7% of the event's history.
Aziz Hojimatov — 3×3 one-handed single 14.75: into the top 7.6% of the event's history.
Bekzodjon Yusupov — Pyraminx single 4.09: into the top 8.1% of the event's history.
Oleg Ten (Олег Тен) — Skewb single 3.67: into the top 8.8% of the event's history.

First-timers

34 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 37,591 people who made their debut in 2023. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

9 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

90 competitors · 683 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. Alexander Bashutkin won it with a 7.56 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

90 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.