Competitions · United States

Michigan Cubing Club Gamma 2019

Ann Arbor, Michigan · 5 October 2019 · 8 events · 96 competitors · 108 personal bests

Stanley Chapel won four of the eight events (5×5, 7×7, 3×3 blindfolded) and the closest final was the Square-1, won by Jack Pfeifer by 0.12 seconds. 96 competitors produced 108 personal bests, 48 of which still stand today, and 21 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Steven Wang took a 5×5 single of 3:45.70 down to 1:14.16, 67 percent better in one day.

Four wins

Stanley Chapel — 5×5, 7×7, 3×3 blindfolded, Skewb

0.12s

closest final — Square-1, Jack Pfeifer over Stanley Chapel

108

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Luke Garrett	6.51	7.61
2×2	Yuyang Zhen (甄禹扬)	1.73	2.25
5×5	Stanley Chapel	56.03	1:00.62
7×7	Stanley Chapel	2:32.22	2:42.82
3×3 blindfolded	Stanley Chapel	17.96	—
3×3 one-handed	Luke Garrett	10.70	13.02
Skewb	Stanley Chapel	3.99	4.99
Square-1	Jack Pfeifer	9.23	10.79

The PB harvest

108 set · 48 still standing

Timothy Townley — 2×2 single 1.39: into the top 1.7% of the event's history.
Qifan Wang (王启帆) — 3×3 blindfolded single 31.29: into the top 4.5% of the event's history.
Ethan Amiot — 3×3 single 9.60: into the top 6.4% of the event's history.
Kyle Newman — 3×3 single 10.98: into the top 10.4% of the event's history.
Andrew Hoffman — 2×2 single 2.74: into the top 11.4% of the event's history.
Steven Wang — Square-1 single 13.34: into the top 12.6% of the event's history.
Ryan Hope — 3×3 single 11.86: into the top 13.4% of the event's history.
Yiheng Xiao (肖以恒) — 3×3 single 12.44: into the top 15.4% of the event's history.

First-timers

21 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

96 competitors · 466 results · 8 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. Luke Garrett won it with a 7.61 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

96 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.