Competitions · United States

Gaston Toe Twiddling 2019

Gaston, Oregon · 17 August 2019 · 7 events · 75 competitors · 77 personal bests

Jason White won two of the seven events (4×4 blindfolded, 5×5 blindfolded) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Max Siauw by 0.02 seconds. 75 competitors produced 77 personal bests, 28 of which still stand today, and 22 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Abe Church took a 2×2 single of 6.94 down to 2.52, 64 percent better in one day.

Two wins

Jason White — 4×4 blindfolded, 5×5 blindfolded

0.02s

closest final — 2×2, Max Siauw over Sameer Aggarwal

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Asher Kim-Magierek	5.63	6.79
2×2	Max Siauw	1.70	2.04
Pyraminx	Sameer Aggarwal	2.55	3.28
Square-1	Aiden Bartlett	7.06	9.33
4×4 blindfolded	Jason White	4:01.55	—
5×5 blindfolded	Jason White	9:06.26	—
3×3 with feet	Benjamin Gottschalk	29.10	35.50

The PB harvest

77 set · 28 still standing

Peter Greninger — Pyraminx single 3.32: into the top 4.8% of the event's history.
Andrew Jones — 2×2 single 2.06: into the top 5.2% of the event's history.
Abe Church — 2×2 single 2.52: into the top 9.1% of the event's history.
JJ Bartlett — 3×3 single 11.04: into the top 10.6% of the event's history.
Orion Moore — Square-1 single 12.56: into the top 11.0% of the event's history.
Calvin Balzer — Pyraminx single 4.68: into the top 11.3% of the event's history.
Max Rose-Innes — 3×3 single 11.40: into the top 11.8% of the event's history.
Cameron McPoil — 2×2 single 2.79: into the top 11.9% of the event's history.

First-timers

22 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 · 353 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. Asher Kim-Magierek won it with a 6.79 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

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.