Competitions · United States

Keep Portland Weird 2017

Milwaukie, Oregon · 4 March 2017 · 7 events · 100 competitors · 83 personal bests

Luke Tycksen won two of the seven events (3×3, 2×2) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Luke Tycksen by 0.42 seconds. 100 competitors produced 83 personal bests, 34 of which still stand today, and 28 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A continental record

Kevin Hays set the 6×6 average continental record: 1:41.48.

Two wins

Luke Tycksen — 3×3, 2×2

0.42s

closest final — 3×3, Luke Tycksen over Kevin Hays

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Luke Tycksen	7.80	8.49
2×2	Luke Tycksen	2.67	2.79
6×6	Kevin Hays	1:36.47	1:44.13
Clock	Kit Clement	7.62	9.01
Skewb	Daniel Raber	3.81	5.33
Square-1	Benjamin Gottschalk	14.21	15.06
4×4 blindfolded	Kit Clement	11:47.00	—

The PB harvest

83 set · 34 still standing

PJ Perez — Skewb single 3.36: into the top 6.9% of the event's history.
Paul Sperling — 2×2 single 2.38: into the top 7.8% of the event's history.
Lianhua Zhou (周连华) — 3×3 single 12.27: into the top 14.8% of the event's history.
Rowen Naylor — 3×3 single 12.58: into the top 15.9% of the event's history.
Seungche Yu — 3×3 single 12.63: into the top 16.1% of the event's history.
Jason Chong — Skewb single 5.41: into the top 21.3% of the event's history.
Alex Le — 3×3 single 14.70: into the top 23.4% of the event's history.
Kaylene Yandell — Skewb single 5.98: into the top 25.6% of the event's history.

First-timers

28 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

1 regional record was set at this competition.

The field

100 competitors · 367 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. Luke Tycksen won it with a 8.49 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

100 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.