Competitions · United States

Armin Open 2017

Berkeley, California · 21 January 2017 · 2 events · 123 competitors · 66 personal bests

Christopher Yen won the 3×3 with a 8.37 and the closest final was the Pyraminx, won by Efrem Blitz by 0.07 seconds. 123 competitors produced 66 personal bests, 16 of which still stand today, and 34 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Anish Vallamdas took a 3×3 single of 1:13.63 down to 33.17, 55 percent better in one day.

events decided

0.07s

closest final — Pyraminx, Efrem Blitz over Bowen Deng (邓博文)

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Christopher Yen	7.43	8.37
Pyraminx	Efrem Blitz	3.40	4.80

The PB harvest

66 set · 16 still standing

Chia-Wei Lu (呂家維) — 3×3 single 7.62: into the top 2.2% of the event's history.
Partha Krishna — 3×3 single 12.52: into the top 15.7% of the event's history.
Angel Tolentino — 3×3 single 12.60: into the top 16.0% of the event's history.
Chase Meskowsky — Pyraminx single 5.49: into the top 16.4% of the event's history.
Angel Barrera — 3×3 single 13.53: into the top 19.3% of the event's history.
Dimitri Dennis — Pyraminx single 5.93: into the top 19.5% of the event's history.
Allison Huang — Pyraminx single 6.03: into the top 20.2% of the event's history.
Ishayu Shikhare — 3×3 single 19.65: into the top 38.9% of the event's history.

First-timers

34 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 23,482 people who made their debut in 2017. 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

123 competitors · 241 results · 2 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. Christopher Yen won it with a 8.37 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

123 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.