Competitions · United States

Blue Water Winter 2019

Port Huron, Michigan · 9 March 2019 · 9 events · 78 competitors · 79 personal bests

Rami Sbahi won four of the nine events (3×3, 3×3 blindfolded, 3×3 one-handed) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Rami Sbahi by 0.63 seconds. 78 competitors produced 79 personal bests, 27 of which still stand today, and 24 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Evan Schulz took a 3×3 single of 43.44 down to 17.06, 61 percent better in one day.

Four wins

Rami Sbahi — 3×3, 3×3 blindfolded, 3×3 one-handed, Skewb

0.63s

closest final — 3×3, Rami Sbahi over Andy Denney

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Rami Sbahi	6.85	7.27
5×5	Blake Thompson	1:09.79	1:12.36
6×6	James Hildreth	2:05.29	2:14.67
7×7	James Hildreth	2:52.88	3:05.59
3×3 blindfolded	Rami Sbahi	1:04.08	—
3×3 one-handed	Rami Sbahi	14.16	15.82
Megaminx	Andy Denney	38.82	41.23
Pyraminx	Dominic Heising	2.56	3.30
Skewb	Rami Sbahi	2.09	3.03

The PB harvest

79 set · 27 still standing

Gabriel Coates — Pyraminx single 2.93: into the top 3.4% of the event's history.
Evan Adams — 3×3 single 8.50: into the top 3.7% of the event's history.
Dominic Heising — Megaminx single 51.90: into the top 5.9% of the event's history.
Chandler Webb — Skewb single 3.21: into the top 6.1% of the event's history.
Evan Adams — Pyraminx single 4.18: into the top 8.6% of the event's history.
Dominic Heising — 3×3 one-handed single 15.82: into the top 9.8% of the event's history.
Andrew Hoffman — 3×3 single 11.18: into the top 11.1% of the event's history.
Chandler Webb — Pyraminx single 5.17: into the top 14.2% of the event's history.

First-timers

24 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

78 competitors · 378 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. Rami Sbahi won it with a 7.27 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

78 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.