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Murmansk · 22 May 2021 · 10 events · 33 competitors · 68 personal bests

Dmitry Dobrjakov won four of the ten events (3×3, 4×4, 5×5) and the closest final was the Skewb, won by Aleksandr Beznogov by 0.00 seconds. 33 competitors produced 68 personal bests, 61 of which still stand today, and nine people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Vladislav Shurshilin took a Skewb single of 7.21 down to 2.43, 66 percent better in one day.

Four wins

Dmitry Dobrjakov — 3×3, 4×4, 5×5, 3×3 one-handed

0.00s

closest final — Skewb, Aleksandr Beznogov over Grigoriy Barashkin

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Dmitry Dobrjakov	5.81	7.76
2×2	Grigoriy Barashkin	2.18	2.68
4×4	Dmitry Dobrjakov	31.28	34.82
5×5	Dmitry Dobrjakov	56.53	1:02.92
3×3 Fewest Moves	Aleksandr Beznogov	25 moves	—
3×3 one-handed	Dmitry Dobrjakov	11.56	12.70
Megaminx	Grigoriy Barashkin	1:06.56	1:14.42
Pyraminx	Grigoriy Barashkin	3.06	4.82
Skewb	Aleksandr Beznogov	2.19	5.11
Square-1	Grigoriy Barashkin	21.19	27.90

The PB harvest

68 set · 61 still standing

Vladislav Shurshilin — Skewb single 2.43: into the top 2.6% of the event's history.
Dmitrii Vershinin (Дмитрий Вершинин) — Skewb single 2.75: into the top 3.8% of the event's history.
Alexey Zakharov (Алексей Захаров) — 2×2 single 2.20: into the top 6.2% of the event's history.
Alexey Zakharov (Алексей Захаров) — Skewb single 3.32: into the top 6.7% of the event's history.
Vladislav Shurshilin — 3×3 one-handed single 14.75: into the top 7.6% of the event's history.
Mark Smirnov (Марк Смирнов) — 2×2 single 2.86: into the top 12.7% of the event's history.
Andrey Mrinskiy (Андрей Мринский) — Pyraminx single 4.94: into the top 12.8% of the event's history.
Alexey Zakharov (Алексей Захаров) — Pyraminx single 5.07: into the top 13.6% of the event's history.

First-timers

Nine people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 4,438 people who made their debut in 2021. 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

33 competitors · 271 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. Dmitry Dobrjakov won it with a 7.76 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

33 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.