Competitions · United States

Keep Portland Weird 2019

Portland, Oregon · 14 December 2019 · 5 events · 77 competitors · 51 personal bests

Max Siauw won four of the five events (3×3, 4×4, 7×7) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Max Siauw by 0.32 seconds. 77 competitors produced 51 personal bests, 16 of which still stand today, and 24 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Henry Maurer took a 3×3 single of 1:31.06 down to 20.68, 77 percent better in one day.

Four wins

Max Siauw — 3×3, 4×4, 7×7, 3×3 blindfolded

0.32s

closest final — 3×3, Max Siauw over Asher Kim-Magierek

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Max Siauw	5.21	7.41
4×4	Max Siauw	27.56	29.22
7×7	Max Siauw	2:44.39	2:47.53
3×3 blindfolded	Max Siauw	39.87	55.82
Megaminx	Ethan Davis	34.72	36.99

The PB harvest

51 set · 16 still standing

Joe Yang — 4×4 single 36.44: into the top 8.1% of the event's history.
Ethan Davis — 7×7 single 3:04.86: into the top 11.9% of the event's history.
Ryan Lindsay — 3×3 single 11.50: into the top 12.2% of the event's history.
Dakota Luu — 3×3 single 12.48: into the top 15.6% of the event's history.
Ryan Lindsay — 4×4 single 44.26: into the top 17.4% of the event's history.
Yuri Garcia — 3×3 single 13.44: into the top 19.0% of the event's history.
Sam Lingwall — 3×3 single 13.67: into the top 19.8% of the event's history.
Joseph Buchert — 3×3 single 13.85: into the top 20.4% of the event's history.

First-timers

24 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

77 competitors · 293 results · 5 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 7.41 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

77 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.