Competitions · Canada

Newmarket Open 2018

Newmarket, Ontario · 16 June 2018 · 4 events · 214 competitors · 214 personal bests

Paul Ellement won the 3×3 with a 9.44 and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Paul Ellement by 0.04 seconds. 214 competitors produced 214 personal bests, 96 of which still stand today, and 56 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Husain Khuraibet set the Pyraminx single national record: 10.23.

events decided

0.04s

closest final — 3×3, Paul Ellement over Joaquin Abarca

214

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Paul Ellement	7.65	9.44
2×2	Benjamin Kyle	1.42	1.85
Pyraminx	Adrian Panszczyk	3.13	3.61
Skewb	Leo Min-Bedford	2.37	3.29

The PB harvest

214 set · 96 still standing

Paul Ellement — 2×2 single 1.23: into the top 1.1% of the event's history.
Briar Barron — 2×2 single 1.58: into the top 2.5% of the event's history.
Max Murphy — 2×2 single 1.60: into the top 2.6% of the event's history.
Mathieu Preston — Pyraminx single 3.36: into the top 4.9% of the event's history.
Max Jin — 2×2 single 2.07: into the top 5.2% of the event's history.
Ian Yeh — 2×2 single 2.13: into the top 5.7% of the event's history.
Andrew Poon — 2×2 single 2.25: into the top 6.6% of the event's history.
Max Sun — 2×2 single 2.28: into the top 6.9% of the event's history.

First-timers

56 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 26,076 people who made their debut in 2018. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

1 regional record was set at this competition.

The field

214 competitors · 913 results · 4 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. Paul Ellement won it with a 9.44 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

214 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.