Competitions · United States

Long Island Winter 2019

Lindenhurst, New York · 23 February 2019 · 6 events · 69 competitors · 98 personal bests

Patrick Ponce won three of the six events (3×3, 4×4, 3×3 one-handed) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Patrick Ponce by 0.09 seconds. 69 competitors produced 98 personal bests, 29 of which still stand today, and nine people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A continental record

Patrick Ponce set the 3×3 one-handed single continental record: 7.51.

Three wins

Patrick Ponce — 3×3, 4×4, 3×3 one-handed

0.09s

closest final — 3×3, Patrick Ponce over Jonah Crosby

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Patrick Ponce	6.52	7.76
2×2	Chris Chi	1.74	2.58
4×4	Patrick Ponce	24.40	28.68
3×3 one-handed	Patrick Ponce	9.31	11.06
Megaminx	Nicolas Naing	32.36	34.68
Pyraminx	Livia Kleiner	2.72	3.03

The PB harvest

98 set · 29 still standing

James Karras — 3×3 single 6.03: into the top 0.5% of the event's history.
Jayden Rivas — Pyraminx single 2.78: into the top 2.9% of the event's history.
Jay Lewis — Pyraminx single 2.98: into the top 3.6% of the event's history.
Felix Bouchard — Pyraminx single 3.18: into the top 4.3% of the event's history.
James Karras — Megaminx single 1:00.10: into the top 10.1% of the event's history.
Jaejoon Hwang — 3×3 single 11.32: into the top 11.5% of the event's history.
Felix Bouchard — 2×2 single 2.86: into the top 12.7% of the event's history.
Ryan Cramer — 4×4 single 41.91: into the top 14.4% of the event's history.

First-timers

Nine 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

2 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

69 competitors · 400 results · 6 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 7.76 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

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solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

69 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.