Competitions · United States

New Hope Open Winter 2019

New Hope, Pennsylvania · 20 January 2019 · 7 events · 99 competitors · 105 personal bests

Patrick Ponce won two of the seven events (3×3, 5×5) and the closest final was the Pyraminx, won by Daniel Goodman by 0.00 seconds. 99 competitors produced 105 personal bests, 19 of which still stand today, and 16 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Stephen Bohner took a Square-1 single of 52.60 down to 19.20, 63 percent better in one day.

Two wins

Patrick Ponce — 3×3, 5×5

0.00s

closest final — Pyraminx, Daniel Goodman over Livia Kleiner

105

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Patrick Ponce	6.20	6.29
2×2	Will Callan	1.33	1.67
5×5	Patrick Ponce	43.38	50.13
7×7	Benjamin Wei	2:23.28	2:26.92
Pyraminx	Daniel Goodman	2.44	2.87
Square-1	Eva Kato	7.77	8.36
4×4 blindfolded	Daniel Goodman	14:22.00	—

The PB harvest

105 set · 19 still standing

Kevin Coulter — 3×3 single 7.52: into the top 2.0% of the event's history.
Mitchell Hum — 2×2 single 1.70: into the top 3.1% of the event's history.
Cory Yurkovic — Square-1 single 8.21: into the top 3.4% of the event's history.
Massimo DeLuca — 2×2 single 2.36: into the top 7.6% of the event's history.
Nihaar Shah — 2×2 single 2.75: into the top 11.5% of the event's history.
Samuel Wexler — Pyraminx single 4.92: into the top 12.7% of the event's history.
Tom Smith — 2×2 single 3.18: into the top 16.4% of the event's history.
Rex Roche — Square-1 single 17.85: into the top 23.1% 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

No national, continental or world records were set at this competition. That is true of most competitions.

The field

99 competitors · 448 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. Patrick Ponce won it with a 6.29 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

99 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.