Competitions · United States

Northern Virginia Summer 2019

Fairfax, Virginia · 22 June 2019 · 11 events · 119 competitors · 134 personal bests

Christopher Sun won three of the eleven events (4×4 blindfolded, 5×5 blindfolded, 3×3 Multi-Blind) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Will Callan by 0.01 seconds. 119 competitors produced 134 personal bests, 44 of which still stand today, and 31 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Owen Hornberger took a 2×2 single of 12.21 down to 5.39, 56 percent better in one day.

Three wins

Christopher Sun — 4×4 blindfolded, 5×5 blindfolded, 3×3 Multi-Blind

0.01s

closest final — 2×2, Will Callan over Zayn Khanani

134

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Blake Thompson	7.06	7.96
2×2	Will Callan	1.05	1.74
4×4	Ari Randers-Pehrson	27.82	30.89
5×5	Sean Belke	54.12	59.12
6×6	Sean Belke	1:53.53	1:59.34
3×3 Fewest Moves	Ray Bai	30 moves	30.33
Megaminx	Ray Bai	39.52	47.42
Skewb	Justin Choi	2.27	3.72
4×4 blindfolded	Christopher Sun	5:41.77	—
5×5 blindfolded	Christopher Sun	16:08.00	—
3×3 Multi-Blind	Christopher Sun	9 of 11 cubes · 47:11	—

The PB harvest

134 set · 44 still standing

Blake Thompson — 3×3 Fewest Moves single 21 moves: into the top 1.5% of the event's history.
Zachary Forino — 2×2 single 1.60: into the top 2.6% of the event's history.
Kennan LeJeune — 4×4 single 31.58: into the top 3.8% of the event's history.
William Yao — 3×3 single 8.87: into the top 4.6% of the event's history.
Roger Zeng — 2×2 single 2.51: into the top 9.0% of the event's history.
Mehdi Ibrahim — 2×2 single 2.61: into the top 10.0% of the event's history.
Patrick Skelley — Skewb single 4.23: into the top 12.5% of the event's history.
Tarun Malarvasan — Skewb single 4.51: into the top 14.5% of the event's history.

First-timers

31 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 27,871 people who made their debut in 2019. 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

119 competitors · 611 results · 11 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. Blake Thompson won it with a 7.96 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

119 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.