Competitions · Canada
Dalhousie Open 2018
Halifax, Nova Scotia · 10 November 2018 · 10 events · 38 competitors · 97 personal bests
Emily Wang won seven of the ten events (3×3, 4×4, 5×5) and the closest final was the 3×3 one-handed, won by Emily Wang by 0.65 seconds. 38 competitors produced 97 personal bests, 46 of which still stand today, and five people held a competitor card for the first time.
The moment
The day's biggest improvement
Brendan M. McGinty took a 2×2 single of 16.71 down to 6.84, 59 percent better in one day.
Winners & podiums
| Event | Winner | Single | Average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | Emily Wang | 7.45 | 9.36 |
| 2×2 | Walter Duff | 1.44 | 2.31 |
| 4×4 | Emily Wang | 30.71 | 36.35 |
| 5×5 | Emily Wang | 54.30 | 59.90 |
| 6×6 | Emily Wang | 1:57.39 | 1:58.34 |
| 7×7 | Emily Wang | 2:46.59 | 2:56.01 |
| 3×3 one-handed | Emily Wang | 17.35 | 18.97 |
| Megaminx | Emily Wang | 48.74 | 50.13 |
| Pyraminx | Walter Duff | 2.34 | 4.40 |
| Skewb | Walter Duff | 2.78 | 3.13 |
The PB harvest
97 set · 46 still standing- Walter Duff — 3×3 single 7.07: into the top 1.4% of the event's history.
- Emily Wang — 3×3 single 7.14: into the top 1.5% of the event's history.
- Walter Duff — Pyraminx single 2.34: into the top 1.8% of the event's history.
- Emily Wang — Megaminx single 48.74: into the top 4.6% of the event's history.
- Saul Hafting — Pyraminx single 3.73: into the top 6.4% of the event's history.
- Graeme Watt — Skewb single 3.31: into the top 6.6% of the event's history.
- Benjamin McCormick — Pyraminx single 4.00: into the top 7.6% of the event's history.
- John Bailey — 3×3 single 11.19: into the top 11.1% of the event's history.
First-timers
Five 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
38 competitors · 330 results · 10 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. Emily Wang won it with a 9.36 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.
- 1
D2 B2 L2 F' D2 L2 U2 R2 B U2 F2 R F' U2 F' U B U' R U - 2
L D2 L D2 F' U D' R2 U2 R U F D2 F' R2 F R2 B2 R2 - 3
F2 D U' F2 D2 U' B2 F2 L2 F D2 B2 F' L' F' D' R2 B F2 D' - 4
B' D' F2 B L B D2 B' U2 R F2 L B2 R2 F2 L' B2 U2 - 5
R2 U' R2 B2 U2 R2 F2 D2 F' U' L' B2 L F' D' U' R D2 R'
solve 1
solve 2
solve 3
solve 4
solve 5
Race this final
Everyone who competed
38 competitors- Ben Hurley
- Benjamin McCormick
- Bliss Om Rae
- Brendan M. McGinty
- Caroline Guinard
- Carter Clifton
- Christy Sabu Zacharia
- Drew Lutes
- Emily Wang
- Ethan Saunders
- Gabrielle Morasse
- Graeme Watt
- Grant Beaton
- Hayden Thompson
- Jacob Halse
- Jeff Hafting
- Jenna Weston
- John Bailey
- John Veach
- Justin Dagenais
- Leo Lees
- Liam Orovec
- Liam Saunders
- Lohith Sritej
- Lucas Steylen
- Nastia Patrice
- Riley Johnstone
- Rowan Pottie
- Ryan Higgins
- Saul Hafting
- Sawyer Stanley
- Shane Brown
- Soul Om Rae
- Tia St. John
- Varunraj Jothiraj
- Walter Duff
- Xander Brown
- Xinjie Lin (林欣婕)
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.