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Cubing For Kyle 2019

Lakeside Park, Kentucky · 30 March 2019 · 6 events · 93 competitors · 118 personal bests

Lucas Etter won four of the six events (3×3, 2×2, 4×4) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Lucas Etter by 0.04 seconds. 93 competitors produced 118 personal bests, 52 of which still stand today, and 15 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Mat Taylor took a 3×3 one-handed single of 1:05.22 down to 22.20, 66 percent better in one day.

Four wins
Lucas Etter — 3×3, 2×2, 4×4, 5×5
0.04s
closest final — 2×2, Lucas Etter over Luke Van Laningham
118
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Lucas Etter5.416.51
2×2Lucas Etter1.461.97
4×4Lucas Etter25.2129.89
5×5Lucas Etter53.0254.48
3×3 one-handedLuke Garrett12.0713.48
PyraminxLuke Van Laningham2.303.26

The PB harvest

118 set · 52 still standing
  • Adam Chen — 4×4 single 33.78: into the top 5.6% of the event's history.
  • Bhargav Rallapalli — Pyraminx single 4.68: into the top 11.3% of the event's history.
  • Sam Meyer — 3×3 single 13.07: into the top 17.7% of the event's history.
  • Sam Meyer — 2×2 single 3.47: into the top 19.8% of the event's history.
  • Benjamin Holm-Bertelsen — 3×3 single 14.21: into the top 21.7% of the event's history.
  • Anton King — 3×3 single 14.30: into the top 22.0% of the event's history.
  • Nathan Hunter — Pyraminx single 6.60: into the top 24.6% of the event's history.
  • Sam Meyer — Pyraminx single 6.80: into the top 26.2% of the event's history.

First-timers

15 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

93 competitors · 446 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. Lucas Etter won it with a 6.51 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

93 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.