Competitions · Canada

Battle of Waterloo 2018

Waterloo, Ontario · 21 July 2018 · 5 events · 171 competitors · 141 personal bests

Bill Wang won three of the five events (3×3, 4×4, Megaminx) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Brennen Lin by 0.36 seconds. 171 competitors produced 141 personal bests, 48 of which still stand today, and 45 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Bill Wang set the Megaminx average national record: 45.66.

Three wins

Bill Wang — 3×3, 4×4, Megaminx

0.36s

closest final — 2×2, Brennen Lin over Max Wang

141

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Bill Wang	5.90	7.22
2×2	Brennen Lin	1.60	1.96
4×4	Bill Wang	23.66	27.83
3×3 one-handed	Leo Min-Bedford	12.64	13.69
Megaminx	Bill Wang	41.49	45.66

The PB harvest

141 set · 48 still standing

Daniel Laurenza — 3×3 single 7.82: into the top 2.5% of the event's history.
Paul Ellement — 3×3 one-handed single 12.27: into the top 3.4% of the event's history.
Taha Aziz — 3×3 single 8.90: into the top 4.6% of the event's history.
Jaden Spinney — 2×2 single 2.43: into the top 8.2% of the event's history.
Ryan Minjun Cho — 3×3 one-handed single 15.40: into the top 8.9% of the event's history.
Jit Parmar — 4×4 single 37.37: into the top 9.1% of the event's history.
Tom O'Toole — 3×3 single 10.69: into the top 9.5% of the event's history.
Avery Shum — 3×3 single 10.98: into the top 10.4% of the event's history.

First-timers

45 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

1 regional record was set at this competition.

The field

171 competitors · 561 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 7.22 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

171 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.