Competitions · United States

George School Open 2019

Newtown, Pennsylvania · 11 May 2019 · 6 events · 81 competitors · 80 personal bests

Patrick Ponce won two of the six events (3×3, 3×3 one-handed) and the closest final was the Square-1, won by Samuel Fang by 0.20 seconds. 81 competitors produced 80 personal bests, 14 of which still stand today, and 16 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A continental record

Evan Liu set the Clock single continental record: 3.51.

Two wins

Patrick Ponce — 3×3, 3×3 one-handed

0.20s

closest final — Square-1, Samuel Fang over Daniel Karnaukh

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Patrick Ponce	5.88	6.95
2×2	Daniel Karnaukh	1.50	1.89
3×3 one-handed	Patrick Ponce	8.85	11.76
Clock	Aedan Bryant	4.95	6.37
Skewb	Luigi Soriano	2.83	3.47
Square-1	Samuel Fang	8.53	9.40

The PB harvest

80 set · 14 still standing

Cory Yurkovic — 3×3 one-handed single 11.09: into the top 1.9% of the event's history.
Henry Sims — Skewb single 3.31: into the top 6.6% of the event's history.
Calvin Brauer — Skewb single 3.81: into the top 9.6% of the event's history.
Kunaal Purohit — 3×3 single 13.43: into the top 19.0% of the event's history.
Corley Raison — 3×3 single 13.71: into the top 20.0% of the event's history.
Rohan Sheladia — 2×2 single 3.61: into the top 21.6% of the event's history.
Deep Ghosh — 3×3 single 14.28: into the top 21.9% of the event's history.
Rohan Sheladia — 3×3 single 15.33: into the top 25.5% of the event's history.

First-timers

16 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

1 regional record was set at this competition.

The field

81 competitors · 396 results · 6 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. Patrick Ponce won it with a 6.95 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

81 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.