Competitions · United States

PDX Cubing for Causes 2019

Portland, Oregon · 12 January 2019 · 6 events · 99 competitors · 100 personal bests

Max Siauw won three of the six events (3×3, 4×4, 6×6) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Max Siauw by 0.05 seconds. 99 competitors produced 100 personal bests, 29 of which still stand today, and 31 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A world record

Max Hilliard set the 3×3 blindfolded average world record: 20.12.

Three wins

Max Siauw — 3×3, 4×4, 6×6

0.05s

closest final — 3×3, Max Siauw over Asher Kim-Magierek

100

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Max Siauw	7.45	8.36
2×2	Sameer Aggarwal	1.20	1.78
4×4	Max Siauw	27.88	29.59
6×6	Max Siauw	1:58.12	2:07.14
3×3 blindfolded	Max Hilliard	20.07	—
Pyraminx	Kyle Polage	2.79	3.61

The PB harvest

100 set · 29 still standing

Jack Doyle — 2×2 single 1.70: into the top 3.1% of the event's history.
Aidan Lee — 2×2 single 1.82: into the top 3.7% of the event's history.
Will Faust — 2×2 single 2.06: into the top 5.2% of the event's history.
Ben Mortlock — 2×2 single 2.18: into the top 6.0% of the event's history.
Daniel Raber — 3×3 single 10.78: into the top 9.8% of the event's history.
Vedanth Iyer — 3×3 single 11.40: into the top 11.8% of the event's history.
Matthew Corbett — 3×3 single 11.55: into the top 12.3% of the event's history.
Jack Bauska — 3×3 single 12.56: into the top 15.9% 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

1 regional record was set at this competition.

The field

99 competitors · 507 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. Max Siauw won it with a 8.36 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

99 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.