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Hillsboro Open 2018

Hillsboro, Oregon · 15 September 2018 · 6 events · 50 competitors · 55 personal bests

Max Siauw won two of the six events (3×3, 7×7) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Max Siauw by 0.15 seconds. 50 competitors produced 55 personal bests, 21 of which still stand today, and four people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Ben Mortlock took a Pyraminx single of 15.61 down to 5.51, 65 percent better in one day.

Two wins
Max Siauw — 3×3, 7×7
0.15s
closest final — 3×3, Max Siauw over Asher Kim-Magierek
55
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Max Siauw7.649.04
7×7Max Siauw3:23.703:26.83
3×3 blindfoldedMax Hilliard18.51
PyraminxTripp Peters3.183.49
Square-1Benjamin Gottschalk8.049.13
4×4 blindfoldedEnoch Gray3:17.82

The PB harvest

55 set · 21 still standing
  • Will Faust — 3×3 single 8.85: into the top 4.5% of the event's history.
  • Ethan Huynh — 3×3 single 9.83: into the top 7.0% of the event's history.
  • Daniel O'Gorman — 3×3 single 10.60: into the top 9.3% of the event's history.
  • Will Faust — Pyraminx single 4.59: into the top 10.8% of the event's history.
  • Nicholas Schollard — Pyraminx single 5.39: into the top 15.7% of the event's history.
  • Aidan Lee — Pyraminx single 5.41: into the top 15.8% of the event's history.
  • Dalton Burk — 3×3 single 12.93: into the top 17.2% of the event's history.
  • Enoch Gray — Pyraminx single 5.82: into the top 18.7% of the event's history.

First-timers

Four people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 26,076 people who made their debut in 2018. 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

50 competitors · 255 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. Max Siauw won it with a 9.04 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

50 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.