Competitions · United States

PDX Cubing for Causes 2020

Portland, Oregon · 8 February 2020 · 6 events · 83 competitors · 75 personal bests

Sameer Aggarwal won three of the six events (3×3, 2×2, 3×3 one-handed) and the closest final was the Skewb, won by Asher Kim-Magierek by 0.36 seconds. 83 competitors produced 75 personal bests, 40 of which still stand today, and 27 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Christian Reid took a Skewb single of 15.41 down to 7.01, 55 percent better in one day.

Three wins

Sameer Aggarwal — 3×3, 2×2, 3×3 one-handed

0.36s

closest final — Skewb, Asher Kim-Magierek over Ash Black

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Sameer Aggarwal	7.29	7.81
2×2	Sameer Aggarwal	2.08	2.66
4×4	Asher Kim-Magierek	30.57	35.93
3×3 blindfolded	Jason White	30.05	—
3×3 one-handed	Sameer Aggarwal	13.42	13.80
Skewb	Asher Kim-Magierek	2.71	3.55

The PB harvest

75 set · 40 still standing

Dylan Raymond — 3×3 single 6.34: into the top 0.71% of the event's history.
Trenton Beatty — 3×3 single 7.96: into the top 2.7% of the event's history.
Trenton Beatty — 4×4 single 33.98: into the top 5.8% of the event's history.
Ritchie Fu — 3×3 single 9.43: into the top 5.9% of the event's history.
Peter Greninger — Skewb single 3.59: into the top 8.3% of the event's history.
Peter Greninger — 3×3 one-handed single 15.90: into the top 10.0% of the event's history.
Abe Church — 3×3 single 11.46: into the top 12.0% of the event's history.
Juan Antonio Orozco Lopez — 2×2 single 2.92: into the top 13.3% of the event's history.

First-timers

27 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 4,608 people who made their debut in 2020. 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

83 competitors · 401 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. Sameer Aggarwal won it with a 7.81 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

83 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.