Competitions · United States

Bay Area Speedcubin' 12 2018

San Francisco, California · 21 October 2018 · 7 events · 79 competitors · 73 personal bests

Christopher Yen won two of the seven events (4×4, 3×3 one-handed) and the closest final was the Square-1, won by Tyler Howlett by 0.12 seconds. 79 competitors produced 73 personal bests, 28 of which still stand today, and 15 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Alan Wang took a 3×3 single of 35.04 down to 12.71, 64 percent better in one day.

Two wins

Christopher Yen — 4×4, 3×3 one-handed

0.12s

closest final — Square-1, Tyler Howlett over Isaac Langer

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Paul Mahvi	6.24	7.72
4×4	Christopher Yen	29.93	31.72
3×3 blindfolded	Graham Siggins	26.71	—
3×3 one-handed	Christopher Yen	13.44	14.22
Megaminx	Isaac Langer	43.09	47.35
Pyraminx	Tyler Howlett	2.53	2.96
Square-1	Tyler Howlett	11.90	13.44

The PB harvest

73 set · 28 still standing

Efrem Blitz — Pyraminx single 2.05: into the top 1.2% of the event's history.
Isaac Langer — Pyraminx single 2.30: into the top 1.7% of the event's history.
Evan Mann — Pyraminx single 2.48: into the top 2.1% of the event's history.
Jiazheng Zhao (赵家正) — 3×3 one-handed single 11.73: into the top 2.7% of the event's history.
Richard Jay S. Apagar — Megaminx single 44.16: into the top 2.8% of the event's history.
Efrem Blitz — 3×3 one-handed single 12.30: into the top 3.4% of the event's history.
Joe Branch — Pyraminx single 3.12: into the top 4.1% of the event's history.
Jacob Posner — Pyraminx single 3.24: into the top 4.5% of the event's history.

First-timers

15 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 26,076 people who made their debut in 2018. 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

79 competitors · 354 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. Paul Mahvi won it with a 7.72 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

79 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.