Competitions · United States

Hudson Valley Fall 2017

Annandale-on-Hudson, New York · 5 November 2017 · 7 events · 70 competitors · 85 personal bests

Patrick Ponce won three of the seven events (3×3, 3×3 blindfolded, 3×3 one-handed) and the closest final was the 3×3 one-handed, won by Patrick Ponce by 0.30 seconds. 70 competitors produced 85 personal bests, 20 of which still stand today, and ten people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Luigi Soriano took a 3×3 with feet single of 3:41.27 down to 1:03.40, 71 percent better in one day.

Three wins

Patrick Ponce — 3×3, 3×3 blindfolded, 3×3 one-handed

0.30s

closest final — 3×3 one-handed, Patrick Ponce over Justin Mallari

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Patrick Ponce	6.47	7.29
3×3 blindfolded	Patrick Ponce	47.58	—
3×3 one-handed	Patrick Ponce	10.23	11.25
Pyraminx	Saransh Grover	2.60	2.97
Skewb	Livia Kleiner	3.14	3.94
Square-1	Eva Kato	9.37	10.86
3×3 with feet	Daniel Rose-Levine	36.42	40.98

The PB harvest

85 set · 20 still standing

Alex Maass — Skewb single 2.24: into the top 2.0% of the event's history.
Jakob Seamans — Skewb single 2.98: into the top 4.9% of the event's history.
Andrew Bae — Skewb single 3.28: into the top 6.5% of the event's history.
John Weigand — 3×3 single 9.67: into the top 6.6% of the event's history.
Madisyn Cunningham — Skewb single 3.49: into the top 7.7% of the event's history.
Eric Wu (吴典皓) — 3×3 single 10.23: into the top 8.1% of the event's history.
Gavin Filacchione — Skewb single 3.73: into the top 9.1% of the event's history.
Anderson Warshaw — 3×3 single 10.86: into the top 10.1% of the event's history.

First-timers

Ten people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 23,482 people who made their debut in 2017. 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

70 competitors · 378 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. Patrick Ponce won it with a 7.29 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

70 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.