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Puget Sound Fall 2017

Tacoma, Washington · 23 September 2017 · 8 events · 109 competitors · 129 personal bests

Kevin Hays won four of the eight events (3×3, 4×4, 6×6) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Kevin Hays by 0.13 seconds. 109 competitors produced 129 personal bests, 32 of which still stand today, and 21 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A world record

Kevin Hays set the 7×7 average world record: 2:15.07.

Four wins
Kevin Hays — 3×3, 4×4, 6×6, 7×7
0.13s
closest final — 3×3, Kevin Hays over Luke Tycksen
129
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Kevin Hays6.978.10
4×4Kevin Hays25.4430.77
6×6Kevin Hays1:28.851:30.59
7×7Kevin Hays2:07.772:15.07
3×3 blindfoldedMax Hilliard23.0629.75
3×3 one-handedLuke Tycksen12.1916.03
SkewbAiden Bartlett4.755.19
Square-1Ethan Rusnak9.9611.93

The PB harvest

129 set · 32 still standing
  • Justin Baek — Skewb single 3.29: into the top 6.5% of the event's history.
  • Justin Baek — 3×3 one-handed single 17.58: into the top 14.0% of the event's history.
  • Ryan Lim — 4×4 single 46.22: into the top 19.8% of the event's history.
  • John Linder — Skewb single 5.88: into the top 24.8% of the event's history.
  • Justin Baek — 4×4 single 50.29: into the top 25.1% of the event's history.
  • AJ Saliman — 4×4 single 57.32: into the top 33.5% of the event's history.
  • Jacob Hallak — Skewb single 7.27: into the top 35.8% of the event's history.
  • Jack Manuel — 3×3 blindfolded single 2:08.03: into the top 36.1% of the event's history.

First-timers

21 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

2 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

109 competitors · 474 results · 8 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 8.10 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

109 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.