Competitions · United States

Puget Sound Summer 2019

Tacoma, Washington · 10 August 2019 · 6 events · 85 competitors · 95 personal bests

Max Siauw won three of the six events (3×3, 4×4, 5×5) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Sameer Aggarwal by 0.01 seconds. 85 competitors produced 95 personal bests, 26 of which still stand today, and 24 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Simon Chanin took a 3×3 one-handed single of 2:14.73 down to 41.33, 69 percent better in one day.

Three wins

Max Siauw — 3×3, 4×4, 5×5

0.01s

closest final — 2×2, Sameer Aggarwal over Max Siauw

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Max Siauw	6.72	7.14
2×2	Sameer Aggarwal	1.69	2.60
4×4	Max Siauw	23.70	29.16
5×5	Max Siauw	53.43	55.47
3×3 blindfolded	Max Hilliard	18.78	—
3×3 one-handed	Tyler Halgren	13.60	14.15

The PB harvest

95 set · 26 still standing

Aiden Bartlett — 2×2 single 0.62: into the top 0.052% of the event's history.
Jason White — 2×2 single 1.17: into the top 0.95% of the event's history.
Andrew Rizo — 3×3 blindfolded single 20.03: into the top 1.4% of the event's history.
Noah Marsh — 2×2 single 1.86: into the top 3.9% of the event's history.
Arvin Tang — 3×3 one-handed single 13.41: into the top 5.1% of the event's history.
Justin Ung — 3×3 single 9.21: into the top 5.4% of the event's history.
Ben Yu — 5×5 single 1:00.30: into the top 5.7% of the event's history.
Ben Yu — 3×3 one-handed single 13.76: into the top 5.7% of the event's history.

First-timers

24 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 27,871 people who made their debut in 2019. 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

85 competitors · 403 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. Max Siauw won it with a 7.14 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

85 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.