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Welcome to Murmansk 2019

Murmansk · 25 May 2019 · 10 events · 43 competitors · 13 personal bests

Ivan Torgashov (Иван Торгашов) won six of the ten events (3×3, 2×2, 4×4) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Ivan Torgashov (Иван Торгашов) by 0.12 seconds. 43 competitors produced 13 personal bests, 1 of which still stand today, and 38 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Semen Artyukhov set the Skewb single national record: 1.66.

Six wins
Ivan Torgashov (Иван Торгашов) — 3×3, 2×2, 4×4, 5×5, 3×3 Fewest Moves, 3×3 one-handed
0.12s
closest final — 2×2, Ivan Torgashov (Иван Торгашов) over Semen Artyukhov
13
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

The PB harvest

13 set · 1 still standing
  • Semen Artyukhov — Skewb single 1.66: into the top 0.66% of the event's history.

First-timers

38 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

1 regional record was set at this competition.

The field

43 competitors · 244 results · 10 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. Ivan Torgashov (Иван Торгашов) won it with a 10.49 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

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.