Competitions · United States

Derby City Open 2019

Louisville, Kentucky · 16 February 2019 · 7 events · 97 competitors · 100 personal bests

Lucas Etter won four of the seven events (3×3, 4×4, 5×5) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Andy Denney by 0.07 seconds. 97 competitors produced 100 personal bests, 35 of which still stand today, and 27 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Lucas Etter took a 3×3 blindfolded single of 3:22.65 down to 34.62, 83 percent better in one day.

Four wins

Lucas Etter — 3×3, 4×4, 5×5, 3×3 blindfolded

0.07s

closest final — 2×2, Andy Denney over Luke Van Laningham

100

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Lucas Etter	5.95	7.04
2×2	Andy Denney	1.81	2.04
4×4	Lucas Etter	23.16	28.00
5×5	Lucas Etter	50.35	58.72
3×3 blindfolded	Lucas Etter	34.62	—
Megaminx	Andy Denney	39.31	42.79
Square-1	Caleb Kinman	14.21	15.91

The PB harvest

100 set · 35 still standing

Lucas Etter — 3×3 blindfolded single 34.62: into the top 5.4% of the event's history.
Johnathan Wheeldon — 3×3 single 11.04: into the top 10.6% of the event's history.
Simon Whitworth — 2×2 single 2.86: into the top 12.7% of the event's history.
Ryan Scott — 4×4 single 41.81: into the top 14.3% of the event's history.
Nick Purdy — 2×2 single 3.07: into the top 15.1% of the event's history.
Seth Griffin — 2×2 single 3.25: into the top 17.2% of the event's history.
John Wesley Wright Jr. — 2×2 single 3.55: into the top 20.8% of the event's history.
Seth Griffin — 3×3 single 14.07: into the top 21.2% of the event's history.

First-timers

27 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 27,871 people who made their debut in 2019. 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

97 competitors · 400 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. Lucas Etter won it with a 7.04 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

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solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

97 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.