Competitions · United States

Puget Sound Winter 2.0 2017

Tacoma, Washington · 2 December 2017 · 8 events · 100 competitors · 119 personal bests

Ben Yu won two of the eight events (3×3, 2×2) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Ben Yu by 0.19 seconds. 100 competitors produced 119 personal bests, 32 of which still stand today, and 20 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Eshan Arora took a Pyraminx single of 12.05 down to 2.68, 78 percent better in one day.

Two wins

Ben Yu — 3×3, 2×2

0.19s

closest final — 2×2, Ben Yu over Sameer Aggarwal

119

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Ben Yu	7.37	10.13
2×2	Ben Yu	2.67	3.26
5×5	Tyler Halgren	1:11.04	1:14.13
6×6	Tyler Halgren	2:13.08	2:22.96
7×7	David Armstrong	3:34.65	3:39.32
Clock	Eli Kirk	6.07	10.00
Megaminx	Ethan Davis	47.69	49.73
Pyraminx	Sameer Aggarwal	3.96	4.64

The PB harvest

119 set · 32 still standing

Benjamin Gottschalk — Pyraminx single 1.95: into the top 1.1% of the event's history.
John Linder — Pyraminx single 1.95: into the top 1.1% of the event's history.
Ben Yu — Pyraminx single 2.11: into the top 1.3% of the event's history.
Tyler Halgren — Pyraminx single 2.32: into the top 1.8% of the event's history.
Eshan Arora — Pyraminx single 2.68: into the top 2.7% of the event's history.
Noah Shalaby — Pyraminx single 2.74: into the top 2.8% of the event's history.
AJ Saliman — 3×3 single 10.00: into the top 7.4% of the event's history.
Aidan Andrews — Pyraminx single 4.29: into the top 9.1% of the event's history.

First-timers

20 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

No national, continental or world records were set at this competition. That is true of most competitions.

The field

100 competitors · 452 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. Ben Yu won it with a 10.13 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

100 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.