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Hawaii Big Island 2020

Waimea (Kamuela), Hawaii · 19 January 2020 · 7 events · 17 competitors · 9 personal bests

Matty Hiroto Inaba won three of the seven events (3×3, 5×5, 3×3 one-handed) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Raymond Goslow by 0.42 seconds. 17 competitors produced 9 personal bests, 3 of which still stand today, and eleven people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Vinicius Byrne took a 5×5 single of 4:33.94 down to 2:21.56, 48 percent better in one day.

Three wins
Matty Hiroto Inaba — 3×3, 5×5, 3×3 one-handed
0.42s
closest final — 2×2, Raymond Goslow over Matty Hiroto Inaba
9
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Matty Hiroto Inaba6.787.60
2×2Raymond Goslow2.523.51
5×5Matty Hiroto Inaba43.9948.25
3×3 blindfoldedNitin Subramanian1:37.99
3×3 one-handedMatty Hiroto Inaba12.6113.57
PyraminxRaymond Goslow3.814.74
Square-1Raymond Goslow15.6418.29

The PB harvest

9 set · 3 still standing
  • Vinicius Byrne — Pyraminx single 7.41: into the top 31.2% of the event's history.
  • Alanna Cooney — 3×3 one-handed single 27.51: into the top 40.6% of the event's history.
  • Vinicius Byrne — 5×5 single 2:21.56: into the top 61.8% of the event's history.

First-timers

Eleven people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 4,608 people who made their debut in 2020. 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

17 competitors · 86 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. Matty Hiroto Inaba won it with a 7.60 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

17 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.