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Competitions · United States

New York City Winter 2017

Flushing, New York · 11 March 2017 · 7 events · 83 competitors · 124 personal bests

Patrick Ponce won four of the seven events (3×3, 4×4, 5×5) and the closest final was the Pyraminx, won by Livia Kleiner by 0.15 seconds. 83 competitors produced 124 personal bests, 14 of which still stand today, and six people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Agastya Bhatia took a Pyraminx single of 22.44 down to 8.80, 61 percent better in one day.

Four wins
Patrick Ponce — 3×3, 4×4, 5×5, 3×3 one-handed
0.15s
closest final — Pyraminx, Livia Kleiner over Saransh Grover
124
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Patrick Ponce6.127.11
4×4Patrick Ponce26.4029.66
5×5Patrick Ponce55.3256.08
7×7Aryan Kejriwal2:58.063:04.01
3×3 one-handedPatrick Ponce11.1412.93
PyraminxLivia Kleiner2.613.47
SkewbAlexander Markoulis3.533.92

The PB harvest

124 set · 14 still standing
  • Mateo Tiul — 3×3 single 6.31: into the top 0.69% of the event's history.
  • Luke Baylon — 3×3 one-handed single 15.96: into the top 10.1% of the event's history.
  • Mark Guliaiev — 3×3 one-handed single 20.80: into the top 22.7% of the event's history.
  • Nathan Peck — 3×3 one-handed single 22.41: into the top 27.2% of the event's history.
  • Robert Curtis-Hardy — Pyraminx single 7.04: into the top 28.2% of the event's history.
  • Anonymous — 4×4 single 1:00.35: into the top 36.8% of the event's history.
  • Ryan Arnold — Pyraminx single 8.40: into the top 39.7% of the event's history.
  • Edward Xing — Skewb single 7.79: into the top 39.7% of the event's history.

First-timers

Six 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

83 competitors · 445 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 7.11 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

83 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.