Competitions · United States

Cubing with the Viking 2017

Salem, Massachusetts · 10 December 2017 · 7 events · 101 competitors · 91 personal bests

Samantha Raskind won four of the seven events (4×4, 5×5, 6×6) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Roger Lightbody III by 0.06 seconds. 101 competitors produced 91 personal bests, 19 of which still stand today, and 28 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Caleb Talley took a 4×4 single of 2:26.99 down to 52.56, 64 percent better in one day.

Four wins

Samantha Raskind — 4×4, 5×5, 6×6, 7×7

0.06s

closest final — 3×3, Roger Lightbody III over Nipun Kisari

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Roger Lightbody III	8.04	9.88
2×2	Roger Lightbody III	1.83	1.97
4×4	Samantha Raskind	34.48	38.49
5×5	Samantha Raskind	1:02.80	1:05.83
6×6	Samantha Raskind	2:14.86	2:20.64
7×7	Samantha Raskind	2:49.62	2:58.60
3×3 blindfolded	Tianyu Zhao (赵天愉)	27.14	30.09

The PB harvest

91 set · 19 still standing

Samantha Raskind — 3×3 single 7.40: into the top 1.8% of the event's history.
Adriel Wiebe — 2×2 single 1.57: into the top 2.5% of the event's history.
Tianyu Zhao (赵天愉) — 3×3 single 8.59: into the top 3.9% of the event's history.
Benjamin Tuttle — 2×2 single 2.80: into the top 12.0% of the event's history.
Connor Reid — 2×2 single 2.91: into the top 13.2% of the event's history.
Kyle Olsen — 2×2 single 3.12: into the top 15.6% of the event's history.
Zachary Burrow — 2×2 single 3.13: into the top 15.8% of the event's history.
Cy Kurd — 2×2 single 3.27: into the top 17.4% of the event's history.

First-timers

28 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

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

The field

101 competitors · 382 results · 7 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. Roger Lightbody III won it with a 9.88 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

101 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.