Competitions · United States

Longmont Cube Open 2017

Longmont, Colorado · 7 January 2017 · 7 events · 74 competitors · 72 personal bests

Mitchell Lane won six of the seven events (3×3, 4×4, 5×5) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Jide Ogbuji by 0.69 seconds. 74 competitors produced 72 personal bests, 17 of which still stand today, and 40 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Zane Hayden took a 2×2 single of 11.35 down to 4.00, 65 percent better in one day.

Six wins

Mitchell Lane — 3×3, 4×4, 5×5, 3×3 one-handed, Megaminx, Skewb

0.69s

closest final — 2×2, Jide Ogbuji over Benjamin Hoppes

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Mitchell Lane	8.21	9.34
2×2	Jide Ogbuji	3.52	3.81
4×4	Mitchell Lane	33.06	36.52
5×5	Mitchell Lane	1:02.94	1:07.30
3×3 one-handed	Mitchell Lane	13.77	17.53
Megaminx	Mitchell Lane	53.35	58.78
Skewb	Mitchell Lane	3.29	4.71

The PB harvest

72 set · 17 still standing

Casey Chipman — 3×3 single 8.64: into the top 4.0% of the event's history.
Jide Ogbuji — 2×2 single 2.17: into the top 6.0% of the event's history.
Jovan Bieker — 2×2 single 2.82: into the top 12.2% of the event's history.
Casey Chipman — 4×4 single 42.40: into the top 15.0% of the event's history.
Jovan Bieker — 3×3 single 14.11: into the top 21.4% of the event's history.
Mason Milligan — 2×2 single 4.60: into the top 34.2% of the event's history.
Michael Schoenbauer — 3×3 single 18.94: into the top 36.9% of the event's history.
Michael Schoenbauer — 4×4 single 1:09.96: into the top 46.8% of the event's history.

First-timers

40 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

74 competitors · 334 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. Mitchell Lane won it with a 9.34 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

74 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.