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Please Be Quiet WPI Winter 2018

Worcester, Massachusetts · 20 January 2018 · 5 events · 17 competitors · 10 personal bests

Tianyu Zhao (赵天愉) won two of the five events (3×3 blindfolded, 4×4 blindfolded) and the closest final was the 3×3 blindfolded, won by Paul Taylor by 32.09 seconds. 17 competitors produced 10 personal bests, 3 of which still stand today.

The moment

A continental record

Mark Boyanowski set the 3×3 Multi-Blind single continental record: 40 of 42 cubes · 57:57.

Two wins
Tianyu Zhao (赵天愉) — 3×3 blindfolded, 4×4 blindfolded
32.09s
closest final — 3×3 blindfolded, Paul Taylor over Jason Bilgrei
10
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3 blindfoldedTianyu Zhao (赵天愉)30.79
3×3 Fewest MovesTim Reynolds29 moves31.00
4×4 blindfoldedTianyu Zhao (赵天愉)4:36.00
5×5 blindfoldedChen-Pin Sun (孫振斌)15:30.00
3×3 Multi-BlindMark Boyanowski40 of 42 cubes · 57:57

The PB harvest

10 set · 3 still standing
  • Gus Lipkin — 3×3 Fewest Moves single 34 moves: into the top 26.7% of the event's history.
  • Jason Bilgrei — 3×3 Multi-Blind single 6 of 6 cubes · 44:41: into the top 31.5% of the event's history.
  • Jonas Rajagopal — 3×3 blindfolded single 3:08.20: into the top 54.8% of the event's history.

First-timers

No people competed for the first time at this competition. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

1 regional record was set at this competition.

The field

17 competitors · 56 results · 5 events.

Everyone who competed

17 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.