Competitions · United States

Queen City 2017

Taylor Mill, Kentucky · 3 June 2017 · 7 events · 100 competitors · 129 personal bests

Drew Brads won four of the seven events (4×4, 5×5, Pyraminx) and the closest final was the 5×5, won by Drew Brads by 0.31 seconds. 100 competitors produced 129 personal bests, 34 of which still stand today, and 36 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Carlo Calipo took a 2×2 single of 24.61 down to 3.37, 86 percent better in one day.

Four wins

Drew Brads — 4×4, 5×5, Pyraminx, Skewb

0.31s

closest final — 5×5, Drew Brads over Lucas Etter

129

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Lucas Etter	6.94	7.29
2×2	Nolan Wood	2.17	2.38
4×4	Drew Brads	29.30	31.15
5×5	Drew Brads	1:04.43	1:08.21
Megaminx	Blake Thompson	1:01.56	1:05.00
Pyraminx	Drew Brads	2.52	2.80
Skewb	Drew Brads	3.63	3.93

The PB harvest

129 set · 34 still standing

Blake Thompson — 3×3 single 4.86: into the top 0.094% of the event's history.
Samuel Moran — 3×3 single 11.12: into the top 10.9% of the event's history.
Christian Tacogue — 2×2 single 2.76: into the top 11.6% of the event's history.
Joshua Phillips — 3×3 single 12.46: into the top 15.5% of the event's history.
Carlo Calipo — 2×2 single 3.37: into the top 18.6% of the event's history.
Adam Chen — 2×2 single 3.44: into the top 19.4% of the event's history.
Joshua Phillips — 2×2 single 3.84: into the top 24.4% of the event's history.
Matthew Tillett — 2×2 single 3.93: into the top 25.6% of the event's history.

First-timers

36 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 · 456 results · 7 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. Lucas Etter won it with a 7.29 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

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.