Competitions · United States

Liberty Science Center Open 2017

Jersey City, New Jersey · 16 December 2017 · 5 events · 107 competitors · 120 personal bests

Patrick Ponce won two of the five events (3×3, 3×3 one-handed) and the closest final was the Skewb, won by Chris Chi by 0.20 seconds. 107 competitors produced 120 personal bests, 40 of which still stand today, and 24 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Nathan Rydstrom took a Pyraminx single of 23.20 down to 7.82, 66 percent better in one day.

Two wins

Patrick Ponce — 3×3, 3×3 one-handed

0.20s

closest final — Skewb, Chris Chi over Alexander Markoulis

120

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Patrick Ponce	6.63	7.74
2×2	Krish Shah-Nathwani	1.66	1.90
3×3 one-handed	Patrick Ponce	10.31	11.44
Pyraminx	Daniel Goodman	2.13	2.56
Skewb	Chris Chi	2.55	3.60

The PB harvest

120 set · 40 still standing

Darren Brady — Pyraminx single 2.17: into the top 1.4% of the event's history.
Jackson DeVico — 2×2 single 1.69: into the top 3.0% of the event's history.
Pierce Evans — Pyraminx single 2.87: into the top 3.2% of the event's history.
Alexander Markoulis — Pyraminx single 3.81: into the top 6.8% of the event's history.
Andrew Xie — Pyraminx single 4.12: into the top 8.3% of the event's history.
Alexander Markoulis — 2×2 single 2.74: into the top 11.4% of the event's history.
Nathan Rydstrom — Skewb single 4.10: into the top 11.6% of the event's history.
Zack Sussman — 3×3 single 11.67: into the top 12.7% of the event's history.

First-timers

24 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

107 competitors · 477 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. Patrick Ponce won it with a 7.74 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

107 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.