Competitions · United States

Northern Neck Winter 2018

Colonial Beach, Virginia · 13 January 2018 · 6 events · 67 competitors · 92 personal bests

Keaton Ellis won three of the six events (3×3, 4×4, 3×3 one-handed) and the closest final was the Skewb, won by Justin Choi by 0.11 seconds. 67 competitors produced 92 personal bests, 14 of which still stand today, and 13 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Zachary Forino took a Skewb single of 19.38 down to 5.50, 72 percent better in one day.

Three wins

Keaton Ellis — 3×3, 4×4, 3×3 one-handed

0.11s

closest final — Skewb, Justin Choi over Will Callan

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Keaton Ellis	5.83	7.39
4×4	Keaton Ellis	32.00	34.40
3×3 one-handed	Keaton Ellis	10.55	12.87
Megaminx	Ray Bai	48.19	54.54
Skewb	Justin Choi	3.46	4.54
Square-1	Tommy Szeliga	9.49	11.22

The PB harvest

92 set · 14 still standing

Michael Yoo Fatemi — 3×3 single 7.02: into the top 1.3% of the event's history.
Keaton Ellis — Square-1 single 10.80: into the top 7.5% of the event's history.
Sean Belke — Square-1 single 13.57: into the top 13.1% of the event's history.
Allan Beres — Skewb single 4.43: into the top 13.9% of the event's history.
Josh Morrison — 3×3 one-handed single 20.36: into the top 21.5% of the event's history.
John Staley — Skewb single 5.55: into the top 22.3% of the event's history.
Kyle Hill — 3×3 single 15.74: into the top 26.9% of the event's history.
Paul Landers — 3×3 single 15.83: into the top 27.2% of the event's history.

First-timers

13 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

67 competitors · 384 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. Keaton Ellis won it with a 7.39 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

67 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.