Competitions · Russia

Volga Nizhny Novgorod 2020

Nizhny Novgorod · 29 February 2020 · 12 events · 71 competitors · 160 personal bests

Andrey Che won four of the twelve events (3×3, 2×2, 3×3 one-handed) and the closest final was the Skewb, won by Maxim Ilin by 0.01 seconds. 71 competitors produced 160 personal bests, 119 of which still stand today, and twelve people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Pavel Mesyatsev set the Pyraminx single national record: 1.43.

Four wins

Andrey Che — 3×3, 2×2, 3×3 one-handed, Megaminx

0.01s

closest final — Skewb, Maxim Ilin over Vladislav Kozhin

160

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Andrey Che	6.90	7.50
2×2	Andrey Che	1.87	2.33
4×4	Alexey Zharikov	28.41	31.27
5×5	Alexey Zharikov	50.05	52.92
6×6	Alexey Zharikov	1:37.62	1:39.02
7×7	Alexey Zharikov	2:14.10	2:23.34
3×3 one-handed	Andrey Che	10.95	11.43
Clock	Ilya Tsiareshka	5.02	6.31
Megaminx	Andrey Che	44.19	45.89
Pyraminx	Pavel Mesyatsev	2.04	2.66
Skewb	Maxim Ilin	3.56	3.88
Square-1	Ilya Nazarov	9.55	12.12

The PB harvest

160 set · 119 still standing

Pavel Mesyatsev — Pyraminx single 1.43: into the top 0.34% of the event's history.
Ilya Nazarov — Pyraminx single 1.46: into the top 0.37% of the event's history.
Timur Imanov — 2×2 single 1.14: into the top 0.87% of the event's history.
Grigoriy Barashkin — 2×2 single 1.22: into the top 1.1% of the event's history.
Ilya Nazarov — 2×2 single 1.28: into the top 1.3% of the event's history.
Danil Kotenkov (Данил Котенков) — Pyraminx single 2.31: into the top 1.7% of the event's history.
Mikhail Glazov (Михаил Глазов) — 2×2 single 1.78: into the top 3.5% of the event's history.
Maxim Ilin — Square-1 single 8.82: into the top 4.2% of the event's history.

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

3 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

71 competitors · 611 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. Andrey Che won it with a 7.50 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

71 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.