Competitions · Canada

Downtown Vancouver Spring 2019

Vancouver, British Columbia · 23 March 2019 · 7 events · 75 competitors · 94 personal bests

Max Siauw won four of the seven events (3×3, 7×7, Skewb) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Max Siauw by 0.14 seconds. 75 competitors produced 94 personal bests, 31 of which still stand today, and eight people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

James Pratt took a Pyraminx single of 26.29 down to 7.50, 71 percent better in one day.

Four wins

Max Siauw — 3×3, 7×7, Skewb, Square-1

0.14s

closest final — 3×3, Max Siauw over Anthony Brooks

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Max Siauw	6.29	8.60
2×2	Luke Jankowiak	2.55	2.86
7×7	Max Siauw	3:07.74	3:12.29
3×3 blindfolded	Kevin Matthews	57.91	1:11.08
Pyraminx	Jose Miguel Rillera	4.37	4.67
Skewb	Max Siauw	3.07	4.48
Square-1	Max Siauw	7.96	9.93

The PB harvest

94 set · 31 still standing

Shawn Yang — 2×2 single 1.58: into the top 2.5% of the event's history.
Jose Miguel Rillera — 2×2 single 2.33: into the top 7.3% of the event's history.
Liew Yee Voon (劉倚文) — Square-1 single 10.83: into the top 7.6% of the event's history.
Luka MacInnes-Cann — 2×2 single 2.37: into the top 7.7% of the event's history.
Callum O'Riley — Pyraminx single 4.28: into the top 9.1% of the event's history.
Theodore Eaton — 3×3 single 10.75: into the top 9.7% of the event's history.
Damanjit Singh Matharoo — Pyraminx single 4.41: into the top 9.8% of the event's history.
Yi-Van Studenov — 2×2 single 2.65: into the top 10.4% of the event's history.

First-timers

Eight 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

75 competitors · 371 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. Max Siauw won it with a 8.60 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

75 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.