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CubingUSA Great Lakes Championship 2019

Middleton, Wisconsin · 24 May 2019 · 18 events · 182 competitors · 326 personal bests

Stanley Chapel won four of the 18 events (3×3 blindfolded, 4×4 blindfolded, 5×5 blindfolded) and the closest final was the Skewb, won by Carter Kucala by 0.02 seconds. 182 competitors produced 326 personal bests, 103 of which still stand today, and 46 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Ethan Hardy took a 2×2 single of 7.22 down to 2.08, 71 percent better in one day.

Four wins
Stanley Chapel — 3×3 blindfolded, 4×4 blindfolded, 5×5 blindfolded, 3×3 Multi-Blind
0.02s
closest final — Skewb, Carter Kucala over Simon Kellum
326
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Luke Garrett6.536.81
2×2Luke Van Laningham1.311.95
4×4Phillip Lewicki27.1830.57
5×5Carter Kucala57.911:02.55
6×6John Brechon1:44.021:51.55
7×7John Brechon2:34.682:41.83
3×3 blindfoldedStanley Chapel20.4724.03
3×3 Fewest MovesMark Boyanowski26 moves26.67
3×3 one-handedBrody Lassner11.4512.84
ClockJoshua Feran6.576.85
MegaminxPhillip Lewicki38.6240.65
PyraminxJohn Gaynor2.443.01
SkewbCarter Kucala1.922.89
Square-1Jack Pfeifer10.1611.51
4×4 blindfoldedStanley Chapel1:22.81—
5×5 blindfoldedStanley Chapel3:16.09—
3×3 Multi-BlindStanley Chapel36 of 40 cubes · 55:43—
3×3 with feetAlison Meador31.6336.33

The PB harvest

326 set · 103 still standing
  • Justin Irwin — 2×2 single 1.90: into the top 4.1% of the event's history.
  • Ethan Hardy — 2×2 single 2.08: into the top 5.3% of the event's history.
  • Nathan Popov — 2×2 single 2.14: into the top 5.7% of the event's history.
  • Anderson Fielding — Pyraminx single 3.90: into the top 7.2% of the event's history.
  • Tyler VanGompel — Pyraminx single 4.23: into the top 8.8% of the event's history.
  • Sander Garcia-Stam — 2×2 single 2.58: into the top 9.7% of the event's history.
  • Alison Meador — 2×2 single 2.59: into the top 9.8% of the event's history.
  • Alex Matysik — 2×2 single 2.78: into the top 11.8% of the event's history.

First-timers

46 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

182 competitors · 1617 results · 18 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. Luke Garrett won it with a 6.81 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

182 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.