Competitions · United States

Gobbler Cube Day Winter 2019

Blacksburg, Virginia · 19 January 2019 · 6 events · 70 competitors · 74 personal bests

Tanzer Balimtas won the 3×3 with a 7.68 and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Tanzer Balimtas by 0.65 seconds. 70 competitors produced 74 personal bests, 30 of which still stand today, and twelve people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Grant Mountcastle took a 2×2 single of 6.86 down to 2.68, 61 percent better in one day.

events decided

0.65s

closest final — 3×3, Tanzer Balimtas over Keaton Ellis

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Tanzer Balimtas	6.51	7.68
2×2	Zayn Khanani	0.68	1.90
7×7	Ishmam Mirza	3:12.83	3:17.44
3×3 blindfolded	Corey Sakowski	53.55	—
3×3 one-handed	Keaton Ellis	11.37	11.97
Megaminx	Tommy Szeliga	58.48	1:04.99

The PB harvest

74 set · 30 still standing

Keaton Ellis — 2×2 single 1.00: into the top 0.55% of the event's history.
Tim Rinehart — 2×2 single 1.01: into the top 0.58% of the event's history.
Ethan Dennis — 2×2 single 1.09: into the top 0.75% of the event's history.
Benjamin Christie — 2×2 single 1.13: into the top 0.85% of the event's history.
Ishmam Mirza — 2×2 single 1.23: into the top 1.1% of the event's history.
Lennon Dorsey — 2×2 single 1.78: into the top 3.5% of the event's history.
Patrick Skelley — 2×2 single 1.94: into the top 4.4% of the event's history.
Scott McGowan — 3×3 single 8.92: into the top 4.7% of the event's history.

First-timers

Twelve 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

70 competitors · 361 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. Tanzer Balimtas won it with a 7.68 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

70 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.