Competitions · Canada

Battle of Waterloo 2017

Waterloo, Ontario · 23 September 2017 · 5 events · 163 competitors · 135 personal bests

Bill Wang won four of the five events (3×3, 2×2, 5×5) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Bill Wang by 0.68 seconds. 163 competitors produced 135 personal bests, 36 of which still stand today, and 27 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Bill Wang set the 3×3 blindfolded average national record: 34.16.

Four wins

Bill Wang — 3×3, 2×2, 5×5, 3×3 blindfolded

0.68s

closest final — 2×2, Bill Wang over Ethan Erez

135

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Bill Wang	5.46	6.88
2×2	Bill Wang	1.49	1.95
5×5	Bill Wang	51.10	54.56
3×3 blindfolded	Bill Wang	34.14	34.16
Square-1	Ethan Erez	14.54	17.79

The PB harvest

135 set · 36 still standing

James Hocevar — 3×3 single 10.79: into the top 9.8% of the event's history.
Skanda Kodunad — 3×3 single 10.93: into the top 10.3% of the event's history.
Ken Jiang — 3×3 single 11.14: into the top 10.9% of the event's history.
Ken Jiang — 2×2 single 2.72: into the top 11.1% of the event's history.
Zhivko Radkov Dimitrov — 2×2 single 2.79: into the top 11.9% of the event's history.
Zonghan Xie — 3×3 single 12.08: into the top 14.2% of the event's history.
Matthew Chansavang — 3×3 single 12.11: into the top 14.3% of the event's history.
Max Jiang — 5×5 single 1:21.34: into the top 20.2% of the event's history.

First-timers

27 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

163 competitors · 579 results · 5 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. Bill Wang won it with a 6.88 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

163 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.