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NLC 5th Anniversary 2017

Urdaneta City · 27 August 2017 · 7 events · 49 competitors · 58 personal bests

Moses Elijah San Pascual won two of the seven events (3×3, Square-1) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Moses Elijah San Pascual by 0.98 seconds. 49 competitors produced 58 personal bests, 31 of which still stand today, and twelve people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Blaze Edward Joshua Laungayan took a 3×3 single of 1:16.22 down to 34.80, 54 percent better in one day.

Two wins
Moses Elijah San Pascual — 3×3, Square-1
0.98s
closest final — 3×3, Moses Elijah San Pascual over Richmond Mico Rigor
58
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Moses Elijah San Pascual8.499.15
4×4Richmond Mico Rigor29.3432.41
6×6Richmond Mico Rigor2:12.272:13.10
7×7Niño Francis S. Reyes3:17.883:25.41
MegaminxRusty Louis Domingo54.0457.44
PyraminxPhil Patrick F. Isidro3.215.03
Square-1Moses Elijah San Pascual21.7122.31

The PB harvest

58 set · 31 still standing

First-timers

Twelve 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

49 competitors · 191 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. Moses Elijah San Pascual won it with a 9.15 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

49 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.