Competitions · Canada

Battle of Waterloo 2024

Waterloo, Ontario · 8 June 2024 · 9 events · 152 competitors · 175 personal bests

Brennen Lin won the 3×3 with a 6.96 and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Brennen Lin by 0.01 seconds. 152 competitors produced 175 personal bests, 91 of which still stand today, and 17 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

William Shen took a 2×2 single of 7.48 down to 2.82, 62 percent better in one day.

events decided

0.01s

closest final — 3×3, Brennen Lin over Morgan Yeh

175

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Brennen Lin	5.93	6.96
2×2	Ryan Wu	1.42	1.77
4×4	Morgan Yeh	25.96	27.30
5×5	Omar Ellabban	44.05	46.81
3×3 one-handed	Stanley Wang	10.11	11.58
Clock	Lucas Nieuwland	4.28	5.07
Megaminx	Burno Li Chak Kwan (李澤堃)	32.63	34.11
Pyraminx	Harsha Paladugu	1.84	2.64
Skewb	Nicholas Patterson	1.90	3.43

The PB harvest

175 set · 91 still standing

Max Xiong (熊锐明) — Skewb single 1.78: into the top 0.88% of the event's history.
Larry Shi — 3×3 single 6.62: into the top 0.96% of the event's history.
Adrian Panszczyk — Skewb single 2.18: into the top 1.9% of the event's history.
Burno Li Chak Kwan (李澤堃) — Skewb single 2.19: into the top 1.9% of the event's history.
Thomas Imada — 3×3 single 7.48: into the top 1.9% of the event's history.
William Shen — 3×3 single 8.15: into the top 3.1% of the event's history.
William Zhou — 2×2 single 1.78: into the top 3.5% of the event's history.
Kai Wen Yang — 2×2 single 1.84: into the top 3.8% of the event's history.

First-timers

17 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 32,954 people who made their debut in 2024. 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

152 competitors · 941 results · 9 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. Brennen Lin won it with a 6.96 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

152 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.