Competitions · Canada

Niagara Select 2018

St. Catharines, Ontario · 7 April 2018 · 6 events · 100 competitors · 103 personal bests

Bill Wang won four of the six events (3×3, 4×4, 5×5) and the closest final was the Pyraminx, won by Ryan Minjun Cho by 0.34 seconds. 100 competitors produced 103 personal bests, 34 of which still stand today, and 34 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Bill Wang set the 5×5 single national record: 45.03.

Four wins

Bill Wang — 3×3, 4×4, 5×5, 3×3 one-handed

0.34s

closest final — Pyraminx, Ryan Minjun Cho over James Hocevar

103

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Bill Wang	6.32	7.22
2×2	Paul Ellement	1.66	1.95
4×4	Bill Wang	25.43	26.83
5×5	Bill Wang	45.03	49.38
3×3 one-handed	Bill Wang	10.79	12.89
Pyraminx	Ryan Minjun Cho	3.04	3.98

The PB harvest

103 set · 34 still standing

Ryan Minjun Cho — 4×4 single 27.80: into the top 1.7% of the event's history.
Paul Ellement — Pyraminx single 3.05: into the top 3.8% of the event's history.
Ben Madison — Pyraminx single 4.28: into the top 9.1% of the event's history.
Tom O'Toole — 2×2 single 2.67: into the top 10.6% of the event's history.
John Eppley — 5×5 single 1:10.42: into the top 11.9% of the event's history.
Jung Junyoung (정준영) — 3×3 single 11.51: into the top 12.2% of the event's history.
Kayden Beatty — 3×3 single 12.17: into the top 14.5% of the event's history.
Kevin McGaire — 3×3 one-handed single 18.77: into the top 17.2% of the event's history.

First-timers

34 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

100 competitors · 505 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 7.22 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

100 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.