Competitions · Armenia

Yerevan Open 2023

Yerevan · 25 February 2023 · 6 events · 57 competitors · 44 personal bests

Alexander Bashutkin won five of the six events (3×3, 2×2, 4×4) and the closest final was the Pyraminx, won by Giorgi Minasiani (გიორგი მინასიანი) by 0.17 seconds. 57 competitors produced 44 personal bests, 9 of which still stand today, and 27 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Grigor Shahverdyan set the 5×5 single national record: 1:27.67.

Five wins

Alexander Bashutkin — 3×3, 2×2, 4×4, 5×5, 3×3 one-handed

0.17s

closest final — Pyraminx, Giorgi Minasiani (გიორგი მინასიანი) over Alexander Bashutkin

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Alexander Bashutkin	6.29	8.65
2×2	Alexander Bashutkin	0.91	1.31
4×4	Alexander Bashutkin	31.95	33.70
5×5	Alexander Bashutkin	48.40	58.21
3×3 one-handed	Alexander Bashutkin	11.15	12.88
Pyraminx	Giorgi Minasiani (გიორგი მინასიანი)	2.21	2.85

The PB harvest

44 set · 9 still standing

Edit Betanian — 2×2 single 3.04: into the top 14.7% of the event's history.
Argishti Afitseryan — 2×2 single 4.47: into the top 32.5% of the event's history.
Davit Aslanyan — 3×3 single 21.44: into the top 43.9% of the event's history.
Hayk Grigoryan — Pyraminx single 10.12: into the top 53.9% of the event's history.
Hayk Grigoryan — 3×3 single 30.39: into the top 63.2% of the event's history.
Razmik Harutyunyan — 3×3 single 31.63: into the top 65.3% of the event's history.
Grigor Shirinyan — 3×3 single 32.55: into the top 66.8% of the event's history.
Shushanna Mkrtchian — 3×3 single 36.31: into the top 72.3% of the event's history.

First-timers

27 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 37,591 people who made their debut in 2023. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

5 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

57 competitors · 210 results · 6 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. Alexander Bashutkin won it with a 8.65 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

57 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.