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Dalhousie Leap Year 2020

Halifax, Nova Scotia · 29 February 2020 · 9 events · 52 competitors · 56 personal bests

Liam Orovec won three of the nine events (4×4, 6×6, 7×7) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Seungmin Lee by 0.15 seconds. 52 competitors produced 56 personal bests, 46 of which still stand today, and 21 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Justin Stewart took a 2×2 single of 12.95 down to 3.16, 76 percent better in one day.

Three wins
Liam Orovec — 4×4, 6×6, 7×7
0.15s
closest final — 2×2, Seungmin Lee over Riley Johnstone
56
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Seungmin Lee8.7710.77
2×2Seungmin Lee2.513.24
4×4Liam Orovec37.6642.05
5×5Varunraj Jothiraj1:15.301:17.60
6×6Liam Orovec2:26.782:41.39
7×7Liam Orovec3:39.993:53.53
3×3 one-handedGraeme Watt15.8519.55
MegaminxGraeme Watt1:12.761:17.56
SkewbEthan Castonguay6.637.32

The PB harvest

56 set · 46 still standing
  • Riley Johnstone — 3×3 single 9.23: into the top 5.4% of the event's history.
  • Saul Hafting — 3×3 single 9.36: into the top 5.7% of the event's history.
  • Maxen Morrison — 3×3 single 9.68: into the top 6.6% of the event's history.
  • Varunraj Jothiraj — 3×3 single 9.81: into the top 6.9% of the event's history.
  • Varunraj Jothiraj — 3×3 one-handed single 14.56: into the top 7.2% of the event's history.
  • Emeric Albert — 3×3 single 10.64: into the top 9.4% of the event's history.
  • Graeme Watt — 3×3 one-handed single 15.85: into the top 9.9% of the event's history.
  • Leo Lees — 2×2 single 2.65: into the top 10.4% of the event's history.

First-timers

21 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 4,608 people who made their debut in 2020. 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

52 competitors · 287 results · 9 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. Seungmin Lee won it with a 10.77 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

52 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.