Competitions · Canada
Halifax Open 2019
Halifax, Nova Scotia · 23 March 2019 · 9 events · 45 competitors · 78 personal bests
Seungmin Lee won two of the nine events (3×3, 3×3 one-handed) and the closest final was the Clock, won by Emeric Albert by 0.07 seconds. 45 competitors produced 78 personal bests, 54 of which still stand today, and 14 people held a competitor card for the first time.
The moment
The day's biggest improvement
Jenna Weston took a 3×3 single of 1:17.24 down to 27.75, 64 percent better in one day.
Winners & podiums
| Event | Winner | Single | Average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | Seungmin Lee | 9.93 | 11.44 |
| 2×2 | Riley Johnstone | 2.81 | 3.81 |
| 4×4 | Liam Orovec | 36.95 | 41.17 |
| 6×6 | Liam Orovec | 2:31.46 | 2:44.12 |
| 3×3 blindfolded | Graeme Watt | 4:03.27 | — |
| 3×3 one-handed | Seungmin Lee | 16.70 | 20.74 |
| Clock | Emeric Albert | 20.01 | 24.50 |
| Pyraminx | Pol Colomé Cuenca | 5.86 | 7.09 |
| Square-1 | Saul Hafting | 19.73 | 21.86 |
The PB harvest
78 set · 54 still standing- Varunraj Jothiraj — 4×4 single 32.42: into the top 4.5% of the event's history.
- Leo Lees — 3×3 single 11.92: into the top 13.6% of the event's history.
- Bliss Om Rae — 3×3 single 12.12: into the top 14.3% of the event's history.
- Carter Clifton — 2×2 single 3.10: into the top 15.4% of the event's history.
- Nick Hoskin — 3×3 single 12.53: into the top 15.7% of the event's history.
- Samuel Mcgraw — 2×2 single 3.30: into the top 17.8% of the event's history.
- Pol Colomé Cuenca — 3×3 single 13.38: into the top 18.8% of the event's history.
- Teighin Nordholt — 3×3 single 13.48: into the top 19.1% of the event's history.
First-timers
14 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
45 competitors · 313 results · 9 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. Seungmin Lee won it with a 11.44 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.
- 1
L' U D R L2 D R2 F' L B' R2 F2 R2 U D' R2 U' L2 D' R2 B2 - 2
L2 U2 R' U2 L F2 D2 B2 D U F' D2 R B2 L2 R' U' F - 3
L' U2 F U2 F2 R L2 U' B2 D' F' L2 U' L2 U R2 U2 R2 U - 4
L D' R' D L F' L2 U F2 D2 B2 U2 R2 D2 L B2 L2 F2 L - 5
U2 L B2 D2 R F2 L2 D2 B2 D' B2 U' F' D2 B L' U' B2 R'
solve 1
solve 2
solve 3
solve 4
solve 5
Race this final
Everyone who competed
45 competitors- Alexandre Boutot
- Bliss Om Rae
- Brendan M. McGinty
- Callum Smith
- Camden Zakrevsky
- Caroline Guinard
- Carter Clifton
- Chase Upham
- Emeric Albert
- Eric Roberts
- Ethan Saunders
- Evan Moser
- Graeme Watt
- Hunter Matchett
- Hunter Neff
- Jack Smith
- Jacob Evans
- Jake Nikolas Mackey
- Jenna Weston
- John Veach
- Justin Dagenais
- Kennedy Quigley
- Leo Lees
- Liam Orovec
- Liam Saunders
- Lucas Steylen
- Matt Pasco
- Max Jiao
- Mikail Oickle
- Molly Irene Bellefontaine
- Nick Hoskin
- Noah Jessome
- Pol Colomé Cuenca
- Rebecca Marie Fraser
- Riley Johnstone
- Sam MacNeil
- Samuel Mcgraw
- Saul Hafting
- Seungmin Lee
- Shane Brown
- Soul Om Rae
- Teighin Nordholt
- Varunraj Jothiraj
- Xander Brown
- Youji Cheng
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.