Competitions · United States

Burke Mountain Cubing 2019

East Burke, Vermont · 13 April 2019 · 9 events · 74 competitors · 119 personal bests

Eric Zhao won three of the nine events (4×4, 5×5, 3×3 one-handed) and the closest final was the Pyraminx, won by Chris Yeager by 0.51 seconds. 74 competitors produced 119 personal bests, 29 of which still stand today, and 21 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Colin Lassoff took a Skewb single of 12.06 down to 5.08, 58 percent better in one day.

Three wins

Eric Zhao — 4×4, 5×5, 3×3 one-handed

0.51s

closest final — Pyraminx, Chris Yeager over Che-Hao Saito

119

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Roger Lightbody III	7.59	8.94
2×2	Roger Lightbody III	2.16	2.57
4×4	Eric Zhao	35.19	37.64
5×5	Eric Zhao	1:03.75	1:08.22
3×3 blindfolded	James Donahue	2:49.91	—
3×3 one-handed	Eric Zhao	13.94	14.94
Pyraminx	Chris Yeager	4.61	4.85
Skewb	Derek White	3.24	4.22
Square-1	Jackey Zheng	8.22	11.61

The PB harvest

119 set · 29 still standing

Roger Lightbody III — 3×3 one-handed single 13.42: into the top 5.1% of the event's history.
Luke Galioto — Skewb single 3.52: into the top 7.9% of the event's history.
Nathaniel Kelly — 3×3 single 10.60: into the top 9.3% of the event's history.
Laurent Joseph Champagne — Skewb single 4.46: into the top 14.2% of the event's history.
John Hay — 3×3 single 12.98: into the top 17.3% of the event's history.
Laurent Joseph Champagne — 3×3 single 13.08: into the top 17.7% of the event's history.
Colin Lassoff — Skewb single 5.08: into the top 18.8% of the event's history.
Richard Bulloch — 3×3 single 14.54: into the top 22.9% of the event's history.

First-timers

21 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

74 competitors · 464 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. Roger Lightbody III won it with a 8.94 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

74 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.