Competitions · United States

Bay Area Speedcubin' 18 2019

San Francisco, California · 7 July 2019 · 7 events · 85 competitors · 86 personal bests

Christopher Yen won two of the seven events (3×3, 4×4) and the closest final was the Skewb, won by Cameron Miller (梅克龍) by 0.35 seconds. 85 competitors produced 86 personal bests, 33 of which still stand today, and 20 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Alexander Eckinger took a 3×3 single of 30.54 down to 12.19, 60 percent better in one day.

Two wins

Christopher Yen — 3×3, 4×4

0.35s

closest final — Skewb, Cameron Miller (梅克龍) over Tyler Howlett

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Christopher Yen	6.73	7.25
4×4	Christopher Yen	28.21	31.36
6×6	Sameer Aggarwal	2:02.07	2:06.64
7×7	Sameer Aggarwal	3:11.25	3:15.34
Pyraminx	Tyler Howlett	1.77	2.23
Skewb	Cameron Miller (梅克龍)	2.34	3.79
Square-1	Benjamin Gottschalk	6.55	8.35

The PB harvest

86 set · 33 still standing

Sol Goodwin — 3×3 single 7.55: into the top 2.1% of the event's history.
Adam Bowers — Pyraminx single 4.69: into the top 11.3% of the event's history.
Broderick L. Bullock — 3×3 single 11.29: into the top 11.4% of the event's history.
Adam Bowers — Skewb single 4.33: into the top 13.2% of the event's history.
Larry Ma — Skewb single 4.74: into the top 16.2% of the event's history.
Joe Lenchner — 3×3 single 13.47: into the top 19.1% of the event's history.
Uzoma Nwakuche — 3×3 single 13.51: into the top 19.2% of the event's history.
Noah Gomez — Pyraminx single 6.42: into the top 23.2% 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

85 competitors · 384 results · 7 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. Christopher Yen won it with a 7.25 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

85 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.