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Saint Petersburg · 3 November 2018 · 15 events · 290 competitors · 403 personal bests

Mats Valk won seven of the 15 events (3×3, 2×2, 4×4) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Mats Valk by 0.19 seconds. 290 competitors produced 403 personal bests, 210 of which still stand today, and 75 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Farid Mikhailov set the 4×4 blindfolded single national record: 12:58.00.

Seven wins

Mats Valk — 3×3, 2×2, 4×4, 5×5, 3×3 one-handed, Megaminx, Square-1

0.19s

closest final — 3×3, Mats Valk over Dmitry Dobrjakov

403

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Mats Valk	6.85	7.67
2×2	Mats Valk	1.87	2.60
4×4	Mats Valk	24.27	27.43
5×5	Mats Valk	50.20	54.53
3×3 blindfolded	Roman Strakhov	40.50	—
3×3 Fewest Moves	Aleksandr Beznogov	24 moves	—
3×3 one-handed	Mats Valk	12.17	14.43
Clock	Dmitry Gundin	4.70	5.97
Megaminx	Mats Valk	46.88	51.97
Pyraminx	Fedor Abaev	3.96	4.35
Skewb	Mikhail Kuzin	2.78	3.90
Square-1	Mats Valk	12.94	15.77
4×4 blindfolded	Roman Strakhov	2:13.26	—
5×5 blindfolded	Denis Fokin	19:59.00	—
3×3 Multi-Blind	Maxim Chechnev	10 of 11 cubes · 58:00	—

The PB harvest

403 set · 210 still standing

Leonid Antonov (Леонид Антонов) — Pyraminx single 2.76: into the top 2.9% of the event's history.
Ksenia Ozerova — Pyraminx single 3.11: into the top 4.0% of the event's history.
Aleksandr Beznogov — 3×3 Fewest Moves single 24 moves: into the top 4.0% of the event's history.
Artem Gamanov (Артем Гаманов) — Pyraminx single 4.04: into the top 7.9% of the event's history.
Nikolay Vasilyev — Pyraminx single 4.35: into the top 9.4% of the event's history.
Artyom Mikulyonok — 2×2 single 2.70: into the top 10.9% of the event's history.
Daniil Bessonov — Pyraminx single 4.75: into the top 11.7% of the event's history.
Maksim Bronnikov (Максим Бронников) — Pyraminx single 5.03: into the top 13.4% of the event's history.

First-timers

75 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

4 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

290 competitors · 1435 results · 15 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. Mats Valk won it with a 7.67 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

290 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.