Competitions · United States

Puget Sound Spring 2018

Tacoma, Washington · 21 April 2018 · 6 events · 91 competitors · 112 personal bests

Luke Tycksen won four of the six events (3×3, 4×4, 5×5) and the closest final was the Skewb, won by Jason White by 0.25 seconds. 91 competitors produced 112 personal bests, 32 of which still stand today, and 14 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Quan Trần Thanh Lương set the 5×5 average national record: 1:11.17.

Four wins

Luke Tycksen — 3×3, 4×4, 5×5, 3×3 one-handed

0.25s

closest final — Skewb, Jason White over Aiden Bartlett

112

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Luke Tycksen	6.95	8.07
4×4	Luke Tycksen	24.77	29.67
5×5	Luke Tycksen	57.31	59.65
3×3 blindfolded	Max Hilliard	22.39	25.25
3×3 one-handed	Luke Tycksen	10.95	11.78
Skewb	Jason White	2.93	4.65

The PB harvest

112 set · 32 still standing

Ben Yu — 3×3 blindfolded single 45.44: into the top 8.4% of the event's history.
Marky VanDerMost — 3×3 single 10.74: into the top 9.7% of the event's history.
Andrew Kehm — 3×3 single 11.11: into the top 10.8% of the event's history.
Nicholas Schollard — Skewb single 4.10: into the top 11.6% of the event's history.
Quan Trần Thanh Lương — Skewb single 4.15: into the top 11.9% of the event's history.
Noam Snitz — 3×3 single 13.41: into the top 18.9% of the event's history.
Ethan Li — 3×3 single 14.79: into the top 23.7% of the event's history.
Andrew Kehm — 4×4 single 49.57: into the top 24.2% of the event's history.

First-timers

14 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 26,076 people who made their debut in 2018. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

2 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

91 competitors · 405 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. Luke Tycksen won it with a 8.07 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

91 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.