Competitions · Russia
Volga Open 2019
Volzhskiy · 21 December 2019 · 13 events · 66 competitors · 71 personal bests
Saveliy Surikov won five of the 13 events (3×3, Megaminx, Pyraminx) and the closest final was the Skewb, won by Saveliy Surikov by 0.38 seconds. 66 competitors produced 71 personal bests, 61 of which still stand today, and 37 people held a competitor card for the first time.
The moment
The day's biggest improvement
Platon Pechenev (Платон Печенев) took a 2×2 single of 6.36 down to 3.45, 46 percent better in one day.
Winners & podiums
| Event | Winner | Single | Average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | Saveliy Surikov | 8.83 | 10.68 |
| 2×2 | Andrey Mishin | 2.05 | 2.76 |
| 4×4 | Ivan Torgashov (Иван Торгашов) | 30.99 | 36.17 |
| 5×5 | Ivan Torgashov (Иван Торгашов) | 55.42 | 59.96 |
| 6×6 | Ivan Torgashov (Иван Торгашов) | 1:53.20 | 2:01.78 |
| 7×7 | Ivan Torgashov (Иван Торгашов) | 2:28.40 | 2:36.86 |
| 3×3 blindfolded | Nikolai Masson (Николай Массон) | 1:34.33 | — |
| 3×3 one-handed | Daniil Rublev (Даниил Рублёв) | 16.16 | 17.58 |
| Megaminx | Saveliy Surikov | 42.22 | 48.27 |
| Pyraminx | Saveliy Surikov | 2.33 | 3.09 |
| Skewb | Saveliy Surikov | 3.36 | 6.26 |
| Square-1 | Saveliy Surikov | 12.30 | 13.82 |
| 3×3 Multi-Blind | Mihail Ponomarev | 4 of 4 cubes · 26:42 | — |
The PB harvest
71 set · 61 still standing- Saveliy Surikov — Pyraminx single 2.33: into the top 1.8% of the event's history.
- Saveliy Surikov — 3×3 single 7.74: into the top 2.4% of the event's history.
- Daniil Rublev (Даниил Рублёв) — Pyraminx single 3.11: into the top 4.0% of the event's history.
- Andrey Mishin — 2×2 single 2.05: into the top 5.1% of the event's history.
- Daniil Rublev (Даниил Рублёв) — 3×3 one-handed single 13.66: into the top 5.5% of the event's history.
- Andrey Mishin — 3×3 single 9.46: into the top 6.0% of the event's history.
- Saveliy Surikov — Skewb single 3.36: into the top 6.9% of the event's history.
- Saveliy Surikov — 3×3 one-handed single 14.60: into the top 7.3% of the event's history.
First-timers
37 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
66 competitors · 381 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. Saveliy Surikov won it with a 10.68 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.
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U' F2 L2 U' B2 L2 U L2 D2 R2 D B D' R' F2 L2 U B' L D U' - 2
B F2 D2 R2 B' F' U2 F' R2 U2 L' F' L2 D2 U F2 D2 B L2 D' - 3
D2 F' R2 F2 U2 L2 F' D2 U2 F D2 R' U' L' F' D U R F2 L' F' - 4
R' D2 L' B2 L2 F2 D2 B2 L F2 U L2 F L' D L F D2 F' U2 - 5
U' L2 R2 F2 D2 U' L2 F2 L2 B' L' U' L' B' U2 B2 R B' R
solve 1
solve 2
solve 3
solve 4
solve 5
Race this final
Everyone who competed
66 competitors- Aleksei Kalinichev
- Alexander Bondarenko
- Alexander Novolokin
- Alexey Krikunov
- Andrey Badakva
- Andrey Mishin
- Andrey Razzhivin
- Andrey Selivanov
- Anna Badakva
- Artem Barzykin
- Artem Smirnov
- Daniil Bondarenko
- Daniil Kravchenko
- Daniil Rublev (Даниил Рублёв)
- Danil Kravchenko
- Danil Rubtsov
- Danila Rodin (Данила Родин)
- Darya Lyakhova
- David Uspanov
- Dmitriy Agapov
- Dmitriy Fedotov
- Dmitry Platonov
- Egor Altunin
- Evgeniy Savelev
- Evgeny Skachkov
- Fidan Gaffarov
- Iaroslav Chadushkin
- Igor Eroshin
- Ivan Arbin (Иван Арбин)
- Ivan Skobey (Иван Скобей)
- Ivan Torgashov (Иван Торгашов)
- Leonid Kolodyazhnyiy
- Leonid Matveev
- Makar Kolesnikov
- Maksim Temnyshov
- Mark Gornyy
- Matvey Kravchenko
- Maxim Chechnev
- Maxim Meshcheryakov
- Maxim Znamenshchikov
- Mihail Ponomarev
- Mikhail Golovanov
- Nikita Karpenko
- Nikita Zhukov
- Nikolai Lebedev
- Nikolai Masson (Николай Массон)
- Oleg Liven
- Oleg Milaev
- Platon Pechenev (Платон Печенев)
- Polina Efimova
- Rezeda Gaffarova (Резеда Гаффарова)
- Rinat Khamitov (Ринат Хамитов)
- Ruslan Romanenko
- Saveliy Kryukov
- Saveliy Surikov
- Semyen Nezdeshnev (Семён Нездешнев)
- Sergey Generalov (Сергей Генералов)
- Stepan Matveev
- Timofei Boldyrev
- Timofey Dementev
- Timofey Naumov
- Ural Mavlyaviev
- Vladimir Semidyanov
- Vladimir Tabalykin (Владимир Табалыкин)
- Vladislav Gribanov (Владислав Грибанов)
- Vladislav Ryzhkov
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.