Competitions · Canada

QUALberta 2017

Edmonton, Alberta · 10 June 2017 · 9 events · 81 competitors · 97 personal bests

Max Xiong (熊锐明) won four of the nine events (4×4, 5×5, 7×7) and the closest final was the Square-1, won by Noah Wilde by 0.31 seconds. 81 competitors produced 97 personal bests, 23 of which still stand today, and 19 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Glenn Mark Salgado set the 3×3 blindfolded single national record: 34.09.

Four wins

Max Xiong (熊锐明) — 4×4, 5×5, 7×7, 3×3 with feet

0.31s

closest final — Square-1, Noah Wilde over Paris Dorn

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Paris Dorn	7.78	9.08
4×4	Max Xiong (熊锐明)	29.67	33.88
5×5	Max Xiong (熊锐明)	1:00.96	1:02.35
7×7	Max Xiong (熊锐明)	2:37.47	2:41.71
3×3 blindfolded	Jake Klassen	27.17	—
3×3 one-handed	Theodore Chow	13.57	15.29
Square-1	Noah Wilde	12.61	14.96
3×3 Multi-Blind	Glenn Mark Salgado	11 of 12 cubes · 53:56	—
3×3 with feet	Max Xiong (熊锐明)	2:00.44	2:26.90

The PB harvest

97 set · 23 still standing

Glenn Mark Salgado — 3×3 blindfolded single 34.09: into the top 5.2% of the event's history.
Dominic Ling — 3×3 single 9.52: into the top 6.2% of the event's history.
Deven Bector — 3×3 one-handed single 16.92: into the top 12.4% of the event's history.
Carson Caplan — 3×3 single 11.84: into the top 13.3% of the event's history.
Glenn Mark Salgado — 3×3 Multi-Blind single 11 of 12 cubes · 53:56: into the top 17.0% of the event's history.
Dustin LaRue — 3×3 single 13.18: into the top 18.1% of the event's history.
Matthew Hayden — 5×5 single 1:30.29: into the top 27.6% of the event's history.
Daniel Thomas — 3×3 single 16.92: into the top 30.7% of the event's history.

First-timers

19 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

81 competitors · 321 results · 9 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. Paris Dorn won it with a 9.08 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

81 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.