Competitions · Russia

YJ Fest 2018

Moscow · 18 May 2018 · 18 events · 314 competitors · 398 personal bests

Andrey Che won five of the 18 events (4×4, 3×3 Fewest Moves, 3×3 one-handed) and the closest final was the Pyraminx, won by Ilya Nazarov by 0.01 seconds. 314 competitors produced 398 personal bests, 183 of which still stand today, and 134 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A continental record

Alexey Zharikov set the 7×7 average continental record: 2:24.93.

Five wins

Andrey Che — 4×4, 3×3 Fewest Moves, 3×3 one-handed, Megaminx, Square-1

0.01s

closest final — Pyraminx, Ilya Nazarov over Dmitry Kryuzban

398

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Dmitry Kryuzban	7.69	8.55
2×2	Aleksandr Beznogov	1.95	2.57
4×4	Andrey Che	30.79	33.93
5×5	Alexey Zharikov	53.81	57.35
6×6	Alexey Zharikov	1:40.02	1:44.69
7×7	Alexey Zharikov	2:17.45	2:24.93
3×3 blindfolded	Kaijun Lin (林恺俊)	22.96	—
3×3 Fewest Moves	Andrey Che	28 moves	33.67
3×3 one-handed	Andrey Che	11.00	13.41
Clock	Dmitry Gundin	5.12	6.52
Megaminx	Andrey Che	46.80	51.95
Pyraminx	Ilya Nazarov	2.95	4.07
Skewb	Aleksandr Beznogov	2.72	3.57
Square-1	Andrey Che	11.52	12.17
4×4 blindfolded	Kaijun Lin (林恺俊)	1:40.39	—
5×5 blindfolded	Kaijun Lin (林恺俊)	4:54.46	—
3×3 Multi-Blind	Kamil Przybylski	41 of 42 cubes · 59:57	—
3×3 with feet	Oleksandr Ivanchak (Олександр Іванчак)	37.45	45.46

The PB harvest

398 set · 183 still standing

Vladimir Korovin — Pyraminx single 2.67: into the top 2.6% of the event's history.
Artyom Martirosov — 2×2 single 1.63: into the top 2.7% of the event's history.
Andrey Solovyov — Skewb single 2.84: into the top 4.2% of the event's history.
Fyodor Borisov — Clock single 5.19: into the top 4.9% of the event's history.
Alexey Semichastnov — Pyraminx single 3.94: into the top 7.4% of the event's history.
Matvey Zhmulin — Skewb single 3.46: into the top 7.5% of the event's history.
Anna Sarycheva (Анна Сарычева) — 2×2 single 2.64: into the top 10.3% of the event's history.
Ivan Zubarev — Skewb single 4.02: into the top 11.0% of the event's history.

First-timers

134 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

9 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

314 competitors · 1550 results · 18 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 Kryuzban won it with a 8.55 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

314 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.