Competitions · United States

Bay Area Speedcubin' 16 2019

San Francisco, California · 11 May 2019 · 6 events · 87 competitors · 67 personal bests

Paul Mahvi won two of the six events (3×3, 5×5) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Paul Mahvi by 0.28 seconds. 87 competitors produced 67 personal bests, 19 of which still stand today, and 23 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Will Walter took a Pyraminx single of 14.32 down to 8.44, 41 percent better in one day.

Two wins

Paul Mahvi — 3×3, 5×5

0.28s

closest final — 3×3, Paul Mahvi over Christopher Yen

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Paul Mahvi	6.82	7.53
2×2	Christopher Yen	1.63	2.34
5×5	Paul Mahvi	55.04	1:00.25
3×3 one-handed	Christopher Yen	13.04	14.96
Pyraminx	Aaron Paskow	2.10	3.14
Square-1	Calix Tang	10.20	10.86

The PB harvest

67 set · 19 still standing

Siddharth Manchkanti — Pyraminx single 2.29: into the top 1.7% of the event's history.
Angelo Cruz — 3×3 one-handed single 13.75: into the top 5.7% of the event's history.
Nitin Subramanian — 3×3 one-handed single 14.51: into the top 7.1% of the event's history.
Tessa Cookmeyer — Pyraminx single 4.49: into the top 10.2% of the event's history.
Gabriel Calub — 3×3 single 11.92: into the top 13.6% of the event's history.
Daniel Yarwasky — 2×2 single 3.23: into the top 17.0% of the event's history.
Daxtyn Phillips-Stock — Pyraminx single 5.73: into the top 18.0% of the event's history.
Tanay Biradar — Pyraminx single 6.18: into the top 21.3% of the event's history.

First-timers

23 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

87 competitors · 409 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. Paul Mahvi won it with a 7.53 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

87 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.