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BarbeCubing Spring 2019

Kansas City, Missouri · 4 May 2019 · 6 events · 81 competitors · 126 personal bests

Joshua Feran won three of the six events (4×4, 5×5, 6×6) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Ryan Pilat by 0.05 seconds. 81 competitors produced 126 personal bests, 59 of which still stand today, and 23 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Jonathan Rattenborg took a 2×2 single of 6.42 down to 3.05, 52 percent better in one day.

Three wins
Joshua Feran — 4×4, 5×5, 6×6
0.05s
closest final — 2×2, Ryan Pilat over Aaron Huynh
126
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Aaron Huynh7.317.99
2×2Ryan Pilat2.562.91
4×4Joshua Feran34.1036.63
5×5Joshua Feran1:08.111:13.20
6×6Joshua Feran1:59.112:05.89
3×3 one-handedAaron Huynh16.0917.45

The PB harvest

126 set · 59 still standing
  • Will Wooden — 3×3 one-handed single 14.78: into the top 7.7% of the event's history.
  • Samuel Hitchcock — 3×3 one-handed single 15.20: into the top 8.5% of the event's history.
  • Daniel Barbosa — 3×3 single 10.58: into the top 9.2% of the event's history.
  • Samuel Hitchcock — 3×3 single 10.86: into the top 10.1% of the event's history.
  • Caleb Starr — 3×3 one-handed single 16.57: into the top 11.5% of the event's history.
  • Samuel Springs — 2×2 single 3.01: into the top 14.3% of the event's history.
  • John Benwell — 3×3 single 12.46: into the top 15.5% of the event's history.
  • Daniel Barbosa — 3×3 one-handed single 19.17: into the top 18.3% of the event's history.

First-timers

23 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

81 competitors · 394 results · 6 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. Aaron Huynh won it with a 7.99 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

81 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.