Competitions · Canada

Ajax Winter 2019

Ajax, Ontario · 12 January 2019 · 5 events · 137 competitors · 118 personal bests

Bill Wang won four of the five events (3×3, 5×5, 3×3 blindfolded) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Bill Wang by 1.14 seconds. 137 competitors produced 118 personal bests, 34 of which still stand today, and 35 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Abdullah Gulab set the 7×7 single national record: 5:31.15.

Four wins

Bill Wang — 3×3, 5×5, 3×3 blindfolded, 3×3 one-handed

1.14s

closest final — 3×3, Bill Wang over Jonathan Esparaz

118

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Bill Wang	6.41	7.17
5×5	Bill Wang	47.44	50.63
7×7	Max Xiong (熊锐明)	2:13.83	2:21.68
3×3 blindfolded	Bill Wang	26.73	—
3×3 one-handed	Bill Wang	9.40	12.44

The PB harvest

118 set · 34 still standing

Julian Favell — 3×3 single 6.36: into the top 0.73% of the event's history.
Kairui Huang — 3×3 single 8.26: into the top 3.3% of the event's history.
Charles Goertz — 3×3 single 8.53: into the top 3.8% of the event's history.
Joaquin Abarca — 5×5 single 1:02.16: into the top 6.7% of the event's history.
Ian Yeh — 3×3 one-handed single 15.70: into the top 9.6% of the event's history.
Mason Day — 3×3 single 10.87: into the top 10.1% of the event's history.
Caleb Lee — 3×3 single 11.22: into the top 11.2% of the event's history.
Alexander Dondish — 3×3 single 12.16: into the top 14.4% of the event's history.

First-timers

35 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

3 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

137 competitors · 473 results · 5 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. Bill Wang won it with a 7.17 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

137 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.