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PDX Cubing for Dougy 2016

Portland, Oregon · 19 November 2016 · 6 events · 67 competitors · 64 personal bests

Kevin Hays won four of the six events (3×3, 4×4, 5×5) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Kevin Hays by 0.53 seconds. 67 competitors produced 64 personal bests, 10 of which still stand today, and 18 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Daniel White took a 3×3 blindfolded single of 2:19.05 down to 1:24.09, 40 percent better in one day.

Four wins
Kevin Hays — 3×3, 4×4, 5×5, 7×7
0.53s
closest final — 3×3, Kevin Hays over Trenton Beatty
64
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Kevin Hays9.5410.20
4×4Kevin Hays25.3331.45
5×5Kevin Hays53.3455.94
7×7Kevin Hays2:30.062:33.37
3×3 blindfoldedKit Clement1:11.74
MegaminxDaniel Yang58.371:00.25

The PB harvest

64 set · 10 still standing
  • Kevin Hays — 3×3 single 5.89: into the top 0.42% of the event's history.
  • Catherine McCarthy — 3×3 single 11.27: into the top 11.3% of the event's history.
  • Chris Brotzman — 5×5 single 1:18.48: into the top 17.9% of the event's history.
  • Daniel White — 3×3 blindfolded single 1:24.09: into the top 21.0% of the event's history.
  • Trenton Beatty — 5×5 single 1:42.33: into the top 37.1% of the event's history.
  • Barry Loether — Megaminx single 1:56.97: into the top 44.1% of the event's history.
  • Tobias Metcalf — 3×3 single 26.42: into the top 55.6% of the event's history.
  • Barry Loether — 5×5 single 2:15.39: into the top 58.4% of the event's history.

First-timers

18 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 17,946 people who made their debut in 2016. 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 · 209 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. Kevin Hays won it with a 10.20 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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