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Vinnytsia Open 2019

Vinnytsia · 9 February 2019 · 4 events · 64 competitors · 71 personal bests

Nikita Kovalchuk (Нікіта Ковальчук) won the 3×3 with a 8.57 and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Maksym B. Tsymbaliuk (Максим Б. Цимбалюк) by 0.19 seconds. 64 competitors produced 71 personal bests, 33 of which still stand today, and 26 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Dmytro Andrukh (Дмитро Андрух) took a Pyraminx single of 15.80 down to 5.20, 67 percent better in one day.

4
events decided
0.19s
closest final — 2×2, Maksym B. Tsymbaliuk (Максим Б. Цимбалюк) over Dmytro Palamarchuk (Дмитро Паламарчук)
71
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

The PB harvest

71 set · 33 still standing

First-timers

26 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

64 competitors · 232 results · 4 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 8.57 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

64 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.