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Atlantic Open 2017

Halifax, Nova Scotia · 4 March 2017 · 10 events · 51 competitors · 71 personal bests

Emily Wang won six of the ten events (3×3, 4×4, 5×5) and the closest final was the Pyraminx, won by Eric Boudreau by 0.12 seconds. 51 competitors produced 71 personal bests, 31 of which still stand today, and 19 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Emily Wang set the 6×6 single national record: 1:55.67.

Six wins
Emily Wang — 3×3, 4×4, 5×5, 6×6, 7×7, 3×3 one-handed
0.12s
closest final — Pyraminx, Eric Boudreau over Ruotong Wang (王若同)
71
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Emily Wang8.599.46
2×2Louis Cormier2.602.85
4×4Emily Wang30.8333.56
5×5Emily Wang1:00.201:01.85
6×6Emily Wang1:55.671:59.93
7×7Emily Wang2:47.382:54.92
3×3 one-handedEmily Wang17.4018.80
MegaminxLouis Cormier49.8453.38
PyraminxEric Boudreau3.904.83
SkewbGraelen Wood6.187.02

The PB harvest

71 set · 31 still standing
  • Eric Boudreau — 2×2 single 1.47: into the top 2.0% of the event's history.
  • Wooje Choi — 2×2 single 1.76: into the top 3.4% of the event's history.
  • Maxwell MacNeil — 2×2 single 2.08: into the top 5.3% of the event's history.
  • Jordan Spencer — 2×2 single 2.15: into the top 5.8% of the event's history.
  • Brandon Anthony — 2×2 single 3.01: into the top 14.3% of the event's history.
  • Eric Boudreau — Megaminx single 1:10.54: into the top 15.9% of the event's history.
  • Eric Boudreau — 5×5 single 1:17.78: into the top 17.4% of the event's history.
  • Dahn Balan — 3×3 single 15.52: into the top 26.2% of the event's history.

First-timers

19 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

2 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

51 competitors · 277 results · 10 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. Emily Wang won it with a 9.46 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

51 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.