Competitions · United States

Battle for Toledo 2019

Toledo, Ohio · 13 July 2019 · 7 events · 139 competitors · 114 personal bests

Jack Pfeifer won three of the seven events (Square-1, 4×4 blindfolded, 5×5 blindfolded) and the closest final was the 7×7, won by Roxy Behrle by 0.13 seconds. 139 competitors produced 114 personal bests, 39 of which still stand today, and 48 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Andrei Alexandrov took a 3×3 single of 55.54 down to 19.85, 64 percent better in one day.

Three wins

Jack Pfeifer — Square-1, 4×4 blindfolded, 5×5 blindfolded

0.13s

closest final — 7×7, Roxy Behrle over Drew Brads

114

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Drew Brads	7.40	8.21
2×2	Drew Brads	1.68	1.96
7×7	Roxy Behrle	3:04.23	3:11.40
Skewb	Evan Wright	3.71	4.39
Square-1	Jack Pfeifer	8.15	10.14
4×4 blindfolded	Jack Pfeifer	8:44.00	—
5×5 blindfolded	Jack Pfeifer	—	—

The PB harvest

114 set · 39 still standing

Connor Brandt — 3×3 single 7.87: into the top 2.6% of the event's history.
Dominic Heising — Skewb single 2.41: into the top 2.6% of the event's history.
Dominic Heising — 2×2 single 1.83: into the top 3.7% of the event's history.
Luke Melikian — 3×3 single 9.16: into the top 5.2% of the event's history.
Gabriel Coates — Skewb single 3.76: into the top 9.3% of the event's history.
Samuel McKinney — 2×2 single 2.67: into the top 10.6% of the event's history.
Ryan Hope — 2×2 single 3.00: into the top 14.2% of the event's history.
Brad Clifton — 3×3 single 14.36: into the top 22.2% of the event's history.

First-timers

48 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

139 competitors · 493 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. Drew Brads won it with a 8.21 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

139 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.