Competitions · Canada

Cubing Under the Stars 2018

Sherwood Park, Alberta · 20 January 2018 · 6 events · 117 competitors · 123 personal bests

Kian Mansour won two of the six events (3×3, 3×3 one-handed) and the closest final was the Clock, won by Antoine Cantin by 0.10 seconds. 117 competitors produced 123 personal bests, 46 of which still stand today, and 44 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Simon Thon set the Clock single national record: 5.75.

Two wins

Kian Mansour — 3×3, 3×3 one-handed

0.10s

closest final — Clock, Antoine Cantin over Simon Thon

123

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Kian Mansour	5.93	7.01
2×2	Kyan Barnett	2.25	—
4×4	Antoine Cantin	26.12	33.17
3×3 blindfolded	Jake Klassen	21.89	23.74
3×3 one-handed	Kian Mansour	8.85	10.87
Clock	Antoine Cantin	6.69	7.72

The PB harvest

123 set · 46 still standing

Antoine Cantin — 4×4 single 26.12: into the top 1.0% of the event's history.
Seamus Twyman — 3×3 single 6.85: into the top 1.2% of the event's history.
Zeeshan Haque — 2×2 single 2.07: into the top 5.2% of the event's history.
Simon Thon — Clock single 5.75: into the top 6.5% of the event's history.
Simon Thon — 3×3 single 10.65: into the top 9.4% of the event's history.
Matthew Hayden — 3×3 single 10.84: into the top 10.0% of the event's history.
Jackson Pichurski — 3×3 one-handed single 16.37: into the top 11.1% of the event's history.
Sloan McGinn-Thompson — 2×2 single 2.74: into the top 11.4% of the event's history.

First-timers

44 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 26,076 people who made their debut in 2018. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

1 regional record was set at this competition.

The field

117 competitors · 469 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. Kian Mansour won it with a 7.01 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

117 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.