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CubingUSA Northwest Championship 2018

Portland, Oregon · 10 August 2018 · 17 events · 111 competitors · 238 personal bests

Luke Tycksen won three of the 17 events (2×2, 4×4, 3×3 one-handed) and the closest final was the 4×4, won by Luke Tycksen by 0.40 seconds. 111 competitors produced 238 personal bests, 76 of which still stand today, and twelve people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Nathaniael Garthe took a 3×3 single of 32.45 down to 13.41, 59 percent better in one day.

Three wins
Luke Tycksen — 2×2, 4×4, 3×3 one-handed
0.40s
closest final — 4×4, Luke Tycksen over Kevin Hays
238
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Anthony Brooks7.568.13
2×2Luke Tycksen2.272.58
4×4Luke Tycksen25.9028.82
5×5Kevin Hays47.1451.04
6×6Kevin Hays1:29.281:32.86
7×7Kevin Hays2:07.712:10.07
3×3 blindfoldedMax Hilliard21.78—
3×3 Fewest MovesIshaan Lal30 moves30.67
3×3 one-handedLuke Tycksen12.1813.89
MegaminxEthan Davis41.2241.62
PyraminxElijah Brown1.552.94
SkewbAiden Bartlett3.253.61
Square-1Benjamin Gottschalk7.229.11
4×4 blindfoldedEnoch Gray4:57.30—
5×5 blindfoldedEnoch Gray10:15.00—
3×3 Multi-BlindEnoch Gray18 of 21 cubes · 45:53—
3×3 with feetBenjamin Gottschalk47.1550.25

The PB harvest

238 set · 76 still standing
  • Keenan Johnson — 3×3 single 8.47: into the top 3.7% of the event's history.
  • Dylan Raymond — 2×2 single 2.14: into the top 5.7% of the event's history.
  • Keenan Johnson — 2×2 single 2.29: into the top 7.0% of the event's history.
  • Nicholas Schollard — 3×3 single 10.26: into the top 8.2% of the event's history.
  • Caleb Picken — 2×2 single 2.50: into the top 8.9% of the event's history.
  • Daniel Raber — 3×3 Fewest Moves single 28 moves: into the top 9.9% of the event's history.
  • Noah Oh — 2×2 single 2.90: into the top 13.1% of the event's history.
  • Chris Peters — 2×2 single 2.93: into the top 13.4% of the event's history.

First-timers

Twelve 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

No national, continental or world records were set at this competition. That is true of most competitions.

The field

111 competitors · 1114 results · 17 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. Anthony Brooks won it with a 8.13 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

111 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.