Competitions · Canada

Newmarket Open 2016

Newmarket, Ontario · 18 June 2016 · 6 events · 256 competitors · 207 personal bests

Bill Wang won two of the six events (3×3, 3×3 one-handed) and the closest final was the Skewb, won by Leo Min-Bedford by 0.13 seconds. 256 competitors produced 207 personal bests, 81 of which still stand today, and 145 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Henry Hughes took a Skewb single of 36.02 down to 8.12, 77 percent better in one day.

Two wins

Bill Wang — 3×3, 3×3 one-handed

0.13s

closest final — Skewb, Leo Min-Bedford over Daniel Laurenza

207

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Bill Wang	6.83	7.79
2×2	Max Wang	1.45	2.44
3×3 one-handed	Bill Wang	11.27	14.04
Megaminx	Emily Wang	52.33	55.98
Pyraminx	Ryan Minjun Cho	3.82	4.81
Skewb	Leo Min-Bedford	3.91	5.19

The PB harvest

207 set · 81 still standing

Max Wang — 2×2 single 1.45: into the top 1.9% of the event's history.
Brady Metherall — 2×2 single 2.07: into the top 5.2% of the event's history.
Liam Murphy — 2×2 single 2.32: into the top 7.2% of the event's history.
Adrian Panszczyk — 2×2 single 2.34: into the top 7.4% of the event's history.
Anonymous — 2×2 single 2.56: into the top 9.5% of the event's history.
Nolan Power — Pyraminx single 4.49: into the top 10.2% of the event's history.
Liam Young — Skewb single 3.92: into the top 10.3% of the event's history.
Evan Caffin — 2×2 single 2.76: into the top 11.6% of the event's history.

First-timers

145 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 17,946 people who made their debut in 2016. 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

256 competitors · 956 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. Bill Wang won it with a 7.79 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

256 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.