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Competitions · United States

Bay Area Speedcubin' 19 2019

Santa Rosa, California · 18 August 2019 · 7 events · 58 competitors · 74 personal bests

Will Newhoff won four of the seven events (3×3, 2×2, 4×4) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Will Newhoff by 0.34 seconds. 58 competitors produced 74 personal bests, 28 of which still stand today, and 14 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Isaiah Blotz took a 3×3 single of 1:18.46 down to 27.92, 64 percent better in one day.

Four wins
Will Newhoff — 3×3, 2×2, 4×4, 3×3 one-handed
0.34s
closest final — 2×2, Will Newhoff over Mitchell Lane
74
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Will Newhoff7.357.59
2×2Will Newhoff1.872.98
4×4Will Newhoff32.6335.42
5×5Mitchell Lane1:00.071:09.77
3×3 one-handedWill Newhoff13.2514.90
PyraminxAustin Chen3.404.13
Square-1Nolan Yiu9.0710.49

The PB harvest

74 set · 28 still standing
  • Kristen Young — Pyraminx single 2.95: into the top 3.5% of the event's history.
  • Lacey Dilworth — 2×2 single 2.68: into the top 10.7% of the event's history.
  • Leo Huyhoang Cao — 2×2 single 2.74: into the top 11.4% of the event's history.
  • Daiven Strom — 3×3 one-handed single 16.72: into the top 11.9% of the event's history.
  • Evan Szentgyorgyi — 3×3 single 11.72: into the top 12.9% of the event's history.
  • Harrison Marsh — 2×2 single 3.60: into the top 21.4% of the event's history.
  • Craig Zschach — 3×3 single 15.96: into the top 27.7% of the event's history.
  • Jacob Saunders — Pyraminx single 7.02: into the top 28.0% of the event's history.

First-timers

14 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

58 competitors · 308 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. Will Newhoff won it with a 7.59 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

58 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.