Competitions · Malaysia

Forest City Open 2017

Johor Bahru · 11 February 2017 · 10 events · 114 competitors · 141 personal bests

Ivan Lew Yi Wen (刘义文) won two of the ten events (4×4, 5×5) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Muhammad Hariz Bin Azizan by 0.17 seconds. 114 competitors produced 141 personal bests, 44 of which still stand today, and 55 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Jaecob Pang set the Pyraminx single national record: 2.25.

Two wins

Ivan Lew Yi Wen (刘义文) — 4×4, 5×5

0.17s

closest final — 3×3, Muhammad Hariz Bin Azizan over Ivan Lew Yi Wen (刘义文)

141

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Muhammad Hariz Bin Azizan	7.31	9.74
2×2	Muhammad Ammar Aufa B. Rosman	2.52	2.94
4×4	Ivan Lew Yi Wen (刘义文)	35.31	35.98
5×5	Ivan Lew Yi Wen (刘义文)	1:01.58	1:08.97
3×3 blindfolded	Johan Hilmi Bin Nor Ashraf	1:09.15	—
3×3 one-handed	Teh Keng Foo (郑庆富)	14.19	16.43
Megaminx	Leow Yi Jun (廖艺畯)	1:02.34	1:07.66
Pyraminx	Muhammad Syahmi	2.26	5.24
Skewb	Luqman Hakim Bin Hairil Azli	4.56	4.75
Square-1	Ng Jian Je (方健泽)	11.98	13.03

The PB harvest

141 set · 44 still standing

Jaecob Pang — Pyraminx single 2.25: into the top 1.6% of the event's history.
Sean Then (邓宇恒) — 3×3 single 8.19: into the top 3.1% of the event's history.
Luqman Hakim Bin Hairil Azli — Pyraminx single 3.14: into the top 4.1% of the event's history.
Leow Yi Jun (廖艺畯) — Pyraminx single 3.21: into the top 4.4% of the event's history.
Ming Zheng (郑鸣) — Square-1 single 9.96: into the top 6.0% of the event's history.
Ajay Thambyrajah — Pyraminx single 4.07: into the top 8.0% of the event's history.
Sean Then (邓宇恒) — 3×3 one-handed single 15.07: into the top 8.2% of the event's history.
Koo Jian Hong — Pyraminx single 4.81: into the top 12.0% of the event's history.

First-timers

55 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 23,482 people who made their debut in 2017. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

6 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

114 competitors · 457 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. Muhammad Hariz Bin Azizan won it with a 9.74 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

114 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.