Competitions · United States

Rally In The Valley 2017

Middletown, Virginia · 2 September 2017 · 6 events · 105 competitors · 129 personal bests

Patrick Ponce won two of the six events (3×3, 4×4) and the closest final was the Skewb, won by Sean Belke by 0.18 seconds. 105 competitors produced 129 personal bests, 17 of which still stand today, and 24 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A world record

Patrick Ponce set the 3×3 single world record: 4.69.

Two wins

Patrick Ponce — 3×3, 4×4

0.18s

closest final — Skewb, Sean Belke over Will Callan

129

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Patrick Ponce	4.96	7.10
2×2	Will Callan	1.66	2.04
4×4	Patrick Ponce	24.97	28.04
3×3 blindfolded	Liam Chen	40.30	—
Pyraminx	Daniel Rose-Levine	2.48	3.02
Skewb	Sean Belke	2.25	3.71

The PB harvest

129 set · 17 still standing

Daniel Rose-Levine — Skewb single 1.70: into the top 0.73% of the event's history.
Justin Choi — Skewb single 1.82: into the top 0.96% of the event's history.
Sean Belke — Skewb single 2.25: into the top 2.1% of the event's history.
Ethan Dennis — Skewb single 2.37: into the top 2.4% of the event's history.
Zac Jamison — 3×3 single 9.08: into the top 5.1% of the event's history.
Miranda Manning — Skewb single 4.00: into the top 10.9% of the event's history.
Shiva Manandhar — 3×3 single 14.76: into the top 23.6% of the event's history.
Ramtin Ghaffari — 3×3 single 15.78: into the top 27.1% of the event's history.

First-timers

24 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

1 regional record was set at this competition.

The field

105 competitors · 527 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. Patrick Ponce won it with a 7.10 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

105 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.