Competitions · Canada

Edmonton Limited Summer 2016

Edmonton, Alberta · 13 August 2016 · 8 events · 154 competitors · 173 personal bests

Max Xiong (熊锐明) won four of the eight events (2×2, 5×5, 3×3 one-handed) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Eric Hess by 0.31 seconds. 154 competitors produced 173 personal bests, 54 of which still stand today, and 54 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Jeremy Neilson set the 2×2 single national record: 0.70.

Four wins

Max Xiong (熊锐明) — 2×2, 5×5, 3×3 one-handed, Megaminx

0.31s

closest final — 3×3, Eric Hess over Max Xiong (熊锐明)

173

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Eric Hess	9.14	10.23
2×2	Max Xiong (熊锐明)	3.37	3.95
5×5	Max Xiong (熊锐明)	1:07.87	1:13.08
3×3 blindfolded	Kristopher De Asis	2:06.28	2:29.76
3×3 one-handed	Max Xiong (熊锐明)	15.61	16.40
Clock	Brandon Nguyen	11.62	12.24
Megaminx	Max Xiong (熊锐明)	1:13.17	1:22.09
Pyraminx	Ethan Basanov	4.89	6.40

The PB harvest

173 set · 54 still standing

Jeremy Neilson — 2×2 single 0.70: into the top 0.12% of the event's history.
Marcus Adrian Moreno — 2×2 single 1.20: into the top 1.0% of the event's history.
Evan LaClare — 2×2 single 1.36: into the top 1.6% of the event's history.
Justin Russell — 2×2 single 1.49: into the top 2.1% of the event's history.
Jayce Downs — 2×2 single 1.51: into the top 2.2% of the event's history.
Trey Tonneson — 2×2 single 2.39: into the top 7.9% of the event's history.
Jeremy Neilson — 3×3 single 12.57: into the top 15.9% of the event's history.
Jonah Boychuk — 2×2 single 3.21: into the top 16.7% of the event's history.

First-timers

54 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 17,946 people who made their debut in 2016. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

1 regional record was set at this competition.

The field

154 competitors · 670 results · 8 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. Eric Hess won it with a 10.23 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

154 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.