Competitions · Singapore

NTU Open 2019

Singapore · 29 June 2019 · 11 events · 143 competitors · 152 personal bests

Tee Kai Yang won two of the eleven events (3×3, 3×3 one-handed) and the closest final was the Pyraminx, won by Ng Jia Quan (黄佳铨) by 0.11 seconds. 143 competitors produced 152 personal bests, 42 of which still stand today, and 64 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Tristan Chua Yong set the Megaminx single national record: 37.02.

Two wins

Tee Kai Yang — 3×3, 3×3 one-handed

0.11s

closest final — Pyraminx, Ng Jia Quan (黄佳铨) over Lim Chun Yik (林峻毅)

152

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Tee Kai Yang	6.81	7.63
2×2	Ng Jia Quan (黄佳铨)	1.88	2.11
4×4	Isaac Wong Chang Man	27.77	30.60
5×5	Isaac Wong Chang Man	51.63	1:00.80
6×6	Manfred Siew Ee Sheng (蕭奕晟)	1:48.78	1:51.88
7×7	Manfred Siew Ee Sheng (蕭奕晟)	2:17.46	2:29.32
3×3 blindfolded	Lim Jun Heng	34.00	—
3×3 one-handed	Tee Kai Yang	10.80	12.38
Megaminx	Darren Siew Ee Yaang (蕭奕暘)	40.58	43.34
Pyraminx	Ng Jia Quan (黄佳铨)	2.19	3.42
Skewb	Yee Wen Foo	2.93	4.01

The PB harvest

152 set · 42 still standing

Amos Tay Swee Hui — 3×3 single 7.47: into the top 1.9% of the event's history.
Manfred Siew Ee Sheng (蕭奕晟) — 5×5 single 54.77: into the top 3.3% of the event's history.
Ban Hsien Yang — Pyraminx single 2.97: into the top 3.5% of the event's history.
Javier Cheong Heng Yong — 2×2 single 2.41: into the top 8.0% of the event's history.
Jazmine Kong Kit Min — 3×3 single 10.68: into the top 9.5% of the event's history.
Soo Keng Yang Brayden — Skewb single 3.94: into the top 10.5% of the event's history.
William Gan Wei Ren (颜伟仁) — 7×7 single 3:03.09: into the top 11.5% of the event's history.
Marcus Chan Yung-Jie — 3×3 single 11.72: into the top 12.9% of the event's history.

First-timers

64 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

7 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

143 competitors · 633 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. Tee Kai Yang won it with a 7.63 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

143 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.