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Canandaigua Winter 2020

Canandaigua, New York · 11 January 2020 · 5 events · 70 competitors · 53 personal bests

Patrick Ponce won two of the five events (3×3, 3×3 one-handed) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Brennen Lin by 0.12 seconds. 70 competitors produced 53 personal bests, 25 of which still stand today, and 34 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A continental record

Ryan Pin Harry set the Clock single continental record: 5.37.

Two wins
Patrick Ponce — 3×3, 3×3 one-handed
0.12s
closest final — 2×2, Brennen Lin over Ryan Wu
53
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Patrick Ponce4.787.39
2×2Brennen Lin1.221.58
3×3 one-handedPatrick Ponce7.4011.31
ClockEvan Liu5.455.69
SkewbJoaquin Abarca2.723.34

The PB harvest

53 set · 25 still standing
  • Ryan Pin Harry — 3×3 one-handed single 13.15: into the top 4.6% of the event's history.
  • Ryan Pin Harry — Clock single 5.37: into the top 5.4% of the event's history.
  • Derek Bennett — 2×2 single 2.35: into the top 7.5% of the event's history.
  • Samuel O'Sullivan — 2×2 single 2.75: into the top 11.5% of the event's history.
  • Ethan Cobos — Skewb single 4.29: into the top 13.0% of the event's history.
  • Jack Ryan — 2×2 single 2.96: into the top 13.8% of the event's history.
  • Liam Forth — Skewb single 4.96: into the top 17.8% of the event's history.
  • Everett Gorman — Skewb single 5.97: into the top 25.5% of the event's history.

First-timers

34 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 4,608 people who made their debut in 2020. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

9 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

70 competitors · 294 results · 5 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. Patrick Ponce won it with a 7.39 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

70 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.