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Uzhgorod Summer 2018

Uzhgorod · 14 July 2018 · 12 events · 43 competitors · 83 personal bests

Nikita Kovalchuk (Нікіта Ковальчук) won three of the twelve events (3×3, 3×3 Fewest Moves, 3×3 one-handed) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Nikita Kovalchuk (Нікіта Ковальчук) by 0.00 seconds. 43 competitors produced 83 personal bests, 27 of which still stand today, and ten people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Lev Golub (Лев Голуб) set the Skewb single national record: 1.61.

Three wins
Nikita Kovalchuk (Нікіта Ковальчук) — 3×3, 3×3 Fewest Moves, 3×3 one-handed
0.00s
closest final — 3×3, Nikita Kovalchuk (Нікіта Ковальчук) over Vladyslav Zhydkov (Владислав Жидков)
83
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

The PB harvest

83 set · 27 still standing

First-timers

Ten people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 26,076 people who made their debut in 2018. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

3 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

43 competitors · 417 results · 12 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. Nikita Kovalchuk (Нікіта Ковальчук) won it with a 9.21 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

43 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.