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Hobart Open 2019

Hobart, Tasmania · 9 March 2019 · 9 events · 36 competitors · 47 personal bests

Yinghao Wang (王鹰豪) won six of the nine events (3×3, 2×2, 4×4) and the closest final was the 3×3 one-handed, won by Yinghao Wang (王鹰豪) by 0.07 seconds. 36 competitors produced 47 personal bests, 21 of which still stand today, and twelve people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Joey Cavanagh took a 3×3 single of 40.44 down to 17.35, 57 percent better in one day.

Six wins
Yinghao Wang (王鹰豪) — 3×3, 2×2, 4×4, 5×5, 3×3 one-handed, Skewb
0.07s
closest final — 3×3 one-handed, Yinghao Wang (王鹰豪) over Jode Brewster
47
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Yinghao Wang (王鹰豪)8.279.04
2×2Yinghao Wang (王鹰豪)1.251.80
4×4Yinghao Wang (王鹰豪)31.9833.86
5×5Yinghao Wang (王鹰豪)1:04.641:10.74
3×3 blindfoldedJack Cai20.22
3×3 one-handedYinghao Wang (王鹰豪)14.3915.77
MegaminxJode Brewster58.601:06.43
PyraminxJode Brewster3.224.63
SkewbYinghao Wang (王鹰豪)3.084.88

The PB harvest

47 set · 21 still standing
  • Jack Cai — Pyraminx single 3.60: into the top 5.9% of the event's history.
  • Tianxing Wang (王天行) — 5×5 single 1:08.59: into the top 10.6% of the event's history.
  • George Pelham — Skewb single 4.94: into the top 17.7% of the event's history.
  • George Pelham — Pyraminx single 5.71: into the top 17.9% of the event's history.
  • Brianna Doyle — 3×3 single 13.86: into the top 20.5% of the event's history.
  • George Pelham — Megaminx single 1:19.22: into the top 21.2% of the event's history.
  • Brianna Doyle — Pyraminx single 6.22: into the top 21.6% of the event's history.
  • Paddy Eldershaw — Pyraminx single 7.27: into the top 30.1% 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

36 competitors · 259 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. Yinghao Wang (王鹰豪) 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. 1R2 U' F2 U2 B2 D' B2 U R' D2 B R F2 U2 L R' B2 R2 F'
  2. 2U' R2 B' L D B2 R' F R2 U' F2 D2 R' U2 R L U2 B2 D2 F2 D2
  3. 3D U2 R2 B2 U' L2 R2 D B2 F2 U L' U2 F' L U' L2 B R D2 U2
  4. 4L' B U' R' D' F2 L' F R' U2 R2 B D2 F' U2 D2 F' L2 U2 F
  5. 5R2 D2 L R' U2 F2 L B2 F' U' L2 B F' U R' U' R U L

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

36 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.