Competitions · United States

Liberty Science Center Open 2019

Jersey City, New Jersey · 14 December 2019 · 5 events · 115 competitors · 92 personal bests

Patrick Ponce won three of the five events (3×3, 5×5, 3×3 one-handed) and the closest final was the Pyraminx, won by Dylan Chan by 0.11 seconds. 115 competitors produced 92 personal bests, 34 of which still stand today, and 16 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Youssef Elnawawi set the Pyraminx average national record: 8.32.

Three wins

Patrick Ponce — 3×3, 5×5, 3×3 one-handed

0.11s

closest final — Pyraminx, Dylan Chan over Jinseo Hong

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Patrick Ponce	5.57	6.13
2×2	Zayn Khanani	1.47	1.60
5×5	Patrick Ponce	46.16	49.54
3×3 one-handed	Patrick Ponce	7.06	10.72
Pyraminx	Dylan Chan	2.14	2.41

The PB harvest

92 set · 34 still standing

Kymberlyn Calderon — 3×3 single 5.20: into the top 0.16% of the event's history.
Tudor Lin — 3×3 one-handed single 9.24: into the top 0.62% of the event's history.
Abner Brijesh — Pyraminx single 1.91: into the top 0.99% of the event's history.
Corey Sakowski — Pyraminx single 2.43: into the top 2.0% of the event's history.
Tudor Lin — 3×3 single 7.67: into the top 2.2% of the event's history.
Kevin Coulter — Pyraminx single 2.55: into the top 2.3% of the event's history.
Declan Kelly — Pyraminx single 3.88: into the top 7.1% of the event's history.
Chien-Mu Yang (楊謙牧) — 2×2 single 2.38: into the top 7.8% of the event's history.

First-timers

16 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

1 regional record was set at this competition.

The field

115 competitors · 510 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 6.13 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

115 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.