Competitions · United States

ChicaGhosts 2017

Villa Park, Illinois · 28 October 2017 · 6 events · 161 competitors · 150 personal bests

Yi-Fan Wu (吳亦凡) won four of the six events (3×3, 4×4, 5×5) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Yi-Fan Wu (吳亦凡) by 0.02 seconds. 161 competitors produced 150 personal bests, 38 of which still stand today, and 41 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A world record

SeungBeom Cho (조승범) set the 3×3 single world record: 4.59.

Four wins

Yi-Fan Wu (吳亦凡) — 3×3, 4×4, 5×5, 6×6

0.02s

closest final — 3×3, Yi-Fan Wu (吳亦凡) over Brian Johnson

150

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Yi-Fan Wu (吳亦凡)	7.48	7.98
4×4	Yi-Fan Wu (吳亦凡)	25.48	28.49
5×5	Yi-Fan Wu (吳亦凡)	53.50	55.39
6×6	Yi-Fan Wu (吳亦凡)	1:46.57	1:50.47
3×3 blindfolded	Stanley Chapel	30.70	—
Skewb	Brian Johnson	3.33	3.82

The PB harvest

150 set · 38 still standing

SeungBeom Cho (조승범) — 3×3 single 4.59: into the top 0.054% of the event's history.
Min Chiang — 3×3 single 10.05: into the top 7.6% of the event's history.
Josh Budziak — 3×3 single 11.36: into the top 11.6% of the event's history.
Jack Pirtle — 3×3 single 11.67: into the top 12.7% of the event's history.
Min Chiang — 4×4 single 41.70: into the top 14.2% of the event's history.
Alex Gundrum — 3×3 single 13.50: into the top 19.2% of the event's history.
Jack Pirtle — Skewb single 6.29: into the top 28.0% of the event's history.
Cooper Wyatt — 3×3 single 16.24: into the top 28.6% of the event's history.

First-timers

41 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

2 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

161 competitors · 600 results · 6 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. Yi-Fan Wu (吳亦凡) won it with a 7.98 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

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solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

161 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.