Competitions · United States

North Plainfield Open 2018

North Plainfield, New Jersey · 19 May 2018 · 8 events · 75 competitors · 76 personal bests

Patrick Ponce won three of the eight events (3×3, 4×4, 3×3 one-handed) and the closest final was the 6×6, won by Dana Yi by 1.13 seconds. 75 competitors produced 76 personal bests, 20 of which still stand today, and twelve people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Jason Bilgrei took a 5×5 blindfolded single of 29:27.00 down to 15:12.00, 48 percent better in one day.

Three wins

Patrick Ponce — 3×3, 4×4, 3×3 one-handed

1.13s

closest final — 6×6, Dana Yi over Patrick Ponce

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Patrick Ponce	6.42	7.22
4×4	Patrick Ponce	27.21	29.48
6×6	Dana Yi	1:47.34	1:55.54
7×7	Aryan Kejriwal	2:29.86	2:33.14
3×3 blindfolded	Eva Kato	55.18	—
3×3 one-handed	Patrick Ponce	12.22	13.05
4×4 blindfolded	Jason Bilgrei	6:15.86	—
5×5 blindfolded	Jason Bilgrei	15:12.00	—

The PB harvest

76 set · 20 still standing

Phil Yu — 3×3 single 7.59: into the top 2.1% of the event's history.
Andrew Xie — 3×3 one-handed single 12.78: into the top 4.1% of the event's history.
Edward Xing — 3×3 single 9.94: into the top 7.3% of the event's history.
Yu Gu (谷雨) — 3×3 single 10.46: into the top 8.8% of the event's history.
Ryan Mulligan — 3×3 single 11.20: into the top 11.1% of the event's history.
Matthew Peng — 3×3 single 12.58: into the top 15.9% of the event's history.
Aaron Felberbaum — 3×3 single 16.09: into the top 28.1% of the event's history.
Joshua David Costello — 3×3 one-handed single 23.93: into the top 31.3% of the event's history.

First-timers

Twelve 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

No national, continental or world records were set at this competition. That is true of most competitions.

The field

75 competitors · 321 results · 8 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 7.22 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

75 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.