Competitions · Ukraine

Zhytomyr Cube Battle 2019

Zhytomyr · 10 May 2019 · 11 events · 70 competitors · 94 personal bests

Nikita Kovalchuk (Нікіта Ковальчук) won three of the eleven events (3×3, 4×4, Square-1) and the closest final was the Pyraminx, won by Mykhailo Akhunov (Михайло Ахунов) by 0.05 seconds. 70 competitors produced 94 personal bests, 28 of which still stand today, and 25 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Illia Voloshchuk (Ілля Волощук) took a Skewb single of 12.14 down to 4.74, 61 percent better in one day.

Three wins

Nikita Kovalchuk (Нікіта Ковальчук) — 3×3, 4×4, Square-1

0.05s

closest final — Pyraminx, Mykhailo Akhunov (Михайло Ахунов) over Lev Golub (Лев Голуб)

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Nikita Kovalchuk (Нікіта Ковальчук)	7.85	8.58
2×2	Lev Golub (Лев Голуб)	1.76	2.83
4×4	Nikita Kovalchuk (Нікіта Ковальчук)	28.35	31.52
5×5	Maksym Yeli (Максим Єлі)	56.66	57.22
3×3 blindfolded	Andrii Lushpak (Андрій Лушпак)	45.29	—
3×3 one-handed	Maksym Yeli (Максим Єлі)	11.94	15.34
Clock	Lev Golub (Лев Голуб)	6.63	7.98
Megaminx	Oleksii Lukin (Олексій Лукін)	45.46	48.35
Pyraminx	Mykhailo Akhunov (Михайло Ахунов)	3.00	3.49
Skewb	Lev Golub (Лев Голуб)	2.94	3.52
Square-1	Nikita Kovalchuk (Нікіта Ковальчук)	13.05	14.89

The PB harvest

94 set · 28 still standing

Dmytro Palamarchuk (Дмитро Паламарчук) — Pyraminx single 2.21: into the top 1.5% of the event's history.
Dmytro Palamarchuk (Дмитро Паламарчук) — 3×3 single 8.53: into the top 3.8% of the event's history.
Andrii Volynets (Андрій Волинець) — Pyraminx single 4.89: into the top 12.5% of the event's history.
Volodymyr Korol (Володимир Король) — Megaminx single 1:05.54: into the top 13.1% of the event's history.
Oleksii Lukin (Олексій Лукін) — 5×5 single 1:14.35: into the top 14.8% of the event's history.
Ihor Sukhovatenko (Ігор Суховатенко) — Square-1 single 14.80: into the top 16.0% of the event's history.
Illia Voloshchuk (Ілля Волощук) — Skewb single 4.74: into the top 16.2% of the event's history.
Oleksii Lukin (Олексій Лукін) — Skewb single 4.76: into the top 16.4% of the event's history.

First-timers

25 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

No national, continental or world records were set at this competition. That is true of most competitions.

The field

70 competitors · 451 results · 11 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. Nikita Kovalchuk (Нікіта Ковальчук) won it with a 8.58 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

70 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.