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Battle of Virginia Beach Winter 2019

Virginia Beach, Virginia · 9 February 2019 · 6 events · 72 competitors · 77 personal bests

Ryan McIlhenny won the 3×3 with a 10.31 and the closest final was the Skewb, won by William Klauer by 0.04 seconds. 72 competitors produced 77 personal bests, 30 of which still stand today, and 20 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Ashten Jampayas took a Skewb single of 6.33 down to 2.90, 54 percent better in one day.

6
events decided
0.04s
closest final — Skewb, William Klauer over Leo Annett
77
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Ryan McIlhenny9.0910.31
2×2Zayn Khanani1.581.87
4×4Ari Randers-Pehrson36.0637.01
MegaminxTommy Szeliga55.321:01.58
PyraminxMichael Nielsen3.494.23
SkewbWilliam Klauer3.244.31

The PB harvest

77 set · 30 still standing
  • Ryan McIlhenny — 3×3 single 6.94: into the top 1.3% of the event's history.
  • Leo Annett — 2×2 single 1.49: into the top 2.1% of the event's history.
  • Darren Faules — Skewb single 3.45: into the top 7.4% of the event's history.
  • Jacob Lee — 2×2 single 2.40: into the top 8.0% of the event's history.
  • Ian Westlake — 3×3 single 12.99: into the top 17.4% of the event's history.
  • Ian Westlake — 4×4 single 47.34: into the top 21.3% of the event's history.
  • Levi Lindgren — 3×3 single 15.66: into the top 26.7% of the event's history.
  • Owen Singer — 3×3 single 17.25: into the top 31.8% of the event's history.

First-timers

20 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

72 competitors · 396 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. Ryan McIlhenny won it with a 10.31 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

72 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.