Competitions · United States

Bulldog Cubing 2017

Oak Lawn, Illinois · 9 September 2017 · 8 events · 100 competitors · 119 personal bests

Brian Johnson won three of the eight events (2×2, 3×3 one-handed, Square-1) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Brian Johnson by 0.11 seconds. 100 competitors produced 119 personal bests, 45 of which still stand today, and 26 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Jack Ehlert took a 3×3 one-handed single of 1:32.18 down to 31.75, 66 percent better in one day.

Three wins

Brian Johnson — 2×2, 3×3 one-handed, Square-1

0.11s

closest final — 2×2, Brian Johnson over SeungBeom Cho (조승범)

119

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	SeungBeom Cho (조승범)	6.98	8.31
2×2	Brian Johnson	1.34	1.93
5×5	John Brechon	59.12	1:04.32
3×3 blindfolded	John Brechon	2:01.55	—
3×3 one-handed	Brian Johnson	13.52	15.17
Pyraminx	Zennan Zuiker	3.39	4.01
Square-1	Brian Johnson	9.71	12.11
3×3 Multi-Blind	Brandon Satterstrom	—	—

The PB harvest

119 set · 45 still standing

James Hildreth — 3×3 one-handed single 12.08: into the top 3.1% of the event's history.
Rohan Jawale — 2×2 single 2.11: into the top 5.5% of the event's history.
Justin Badua — 3×3 single 10.12: into the top 7.8% of the event's history.
Clayton Stallings (李安克) — Pyraminx single 4.41: into the top 9.8% of the event's history.
Justin Badua — 3×3 one-handed single 16.35: into the top 11.0% of the event's history.
Sam Gentz — 3×3 single 11.22: into the top 11.2% of the event's history.
Andrew LaCava — 3×3 single 11.83: into the top 13.3% of the event's history.
David Ju — Pyraminx single 5.11: into the top 13.9% of the event's history.

First-timers

26 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 23,482 people who made their debut in 2017. 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

100 competitors · 430 results · 8 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. SeungBeom Cho (조승범) won it with a 8.31 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

100 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.