Competitions · United States

Albany Winter 2019

Albany, Wisconsin · 16 February 2019 · 7 events · 106 competitors · 112 personal bests

Joshua Feran won three of the seven events (7×7, Clock, Megaminx) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Brian Johnson by 0.49 seconds. 106 competitors produced 112 personal bests, 33 of which still stand today, and 32 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Isak Danke took a Clock single of 30.56 down to 16.97, 44 percent better in one day.

Three wins

Joshua Feran — 7×7, Clock, Megaminx

0.49s

closest final — 3×3, Brian Johnson over Peter Weyers

112

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Brian Johnson	6.74	8.44
4×4	Brian Johnson	30.29	32.31
5×5	John Brechon	1:00.84	1:02.84
7×7	Joshua Feran	2:58.43	3:05.10
3×3 blindfolded	Will Cerne	51.98	—
Clock	Joshua Feran	5.20	6.28
Megaminx	Joshua Feran	53.79	57.24

The PB harvest

112 set · 33 still standing

John Brechon — 5×5 single 51.18: into the top 2.1% of the event's history.
Knox Lingenfelter — 3×3 single 9.13: into the top 5.2% of the event's history.
Rohan Jain — 4×4 single 38.69: into the top 10.6% of the event's history.
Braeden Teifke — 3×3 single 11.13: into the top 10.9% of the event's history.
Jaden Ginsburg — 3×3 single 13.42: into the top 18.9% of the event's history.
Knox Lingenfelter — 4×4 single 46.04: into the top 19.6% of the event's history.
Charlotte Lange — 4×4 single 46.40: into the top 20.0% of the event's history.
Joshua Chen — Clock single 9.22: into the top 21.1% of the event's history.

First-timers

32 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

106 competitors · 399 results · 7 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. Brian Johnson won it with a 8.44 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

106 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.