Competitions · Canada

Pickering 2017

Pickering, Ontario · 14 October 2017 · 6 events · 140 competitors · 171 personal bests

Bill Wang won three of the six events (3×3, 4×4, 3×3 one-handed) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Ray Vince Ong by 0.07 seconds. 140 competitors produced 171 personal bests, 43 of which still stand today, and 33 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Bill Wang set the 3×3 single national record: 5.29.

Three wins

Bill Wang — 3×3, 4×4, 3×3 one-handed

0.07s

closest final — 2×2, Ray Vince Ong over Bill Wang

171

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Bill Wang	5.29	6.88
2×2	Ray Vince Ong	1.70	1.87
4×4	Bill Wang	22.46	30.88
3×3 one-handed	Bill Wang	11.32	13.29
Megaminx	Nicholas Lai	55.86	59.98
Square-1	Nathan Dwyer	8.61	9.78

The PB harvest

171 set · 43 still standing

Henry Hughes — 3×3 single 6.49: into the top 0.84% of the event's history.
Jonathan Tan Wei Xiat — 4×4 single 26.06: into the top 1.0% of the event's history.
Max Wang — Square-1 single 7.59: into the top 2.5% of the event's history.
Nicholas Lai — 3×3 single 8.47: into the top 3.7% of the event's history.
Ray Vince Ong — 3×3 one-handed single 13.28: into the top 4.8% of the event's history.
Antonio Melacini — 3×3 single 9.20: into the top 5.3% of the event's history.
Nicholas Lai — Megaminx single 55.86: into the top 7.8% of the event's history.
Andrew Nguyen — 3×3 single 10.44: into the top 8.8% of the event's history.

First-timers

33 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 23,482 people who made their debut in 2017. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

4 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

140 competitors · 572 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. Bill Wang won it with a 6.88 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

140 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.