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Competitions · Malaysia

Sabah Cube Open 2019

Kota Kinabalu · 24 August 2019 · 18 events · 55 competitors · 94 personal bests

Hill Pong Yong Feng won five of the 18 events (3×3 blindfolded, Megaminx, 4×4 blindfolded) and the closest final was the Skewb, won by Lim Hung (林弘) by 0.05 seconds. 55 competitors produced 94 personal bests, 60 of which still stand today, and 19 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Tee Kai Yang set the 3×3 one-handed single national record: 9.02.

Five wins
Hill Pong Yong Feng — 3×3 blindfolded, Megaminx, 4×4 blindfolded, 5×5 blindfolded, 3×3 Multi-Blind
0.05s
closest final — Skewb, Lim Hung (林弘) over Tan Yong Jie
94
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Tee Kai Yang6.487.58
2×2Reyvin Isaiah Ramos2.433.10
4×4Ivan Lew Yi Wen (刘义文)28.6030.72
5×5Ivan Lew Yi Wen (刘义文)49.7355.49
6×6Ivan Lew Yi Wen (刘义文)1:45.001:50.07
7×7Manfred Siew Ee Sheng (蕭奕晟)2:32.012:36.43
3×3 blindfoldedHill Pong Yong Feng37.81—
3×3 Fewest MovesTee Kai Yang30 moves—
3×3 one-handedTee Kai Yang9.0211.68
ClockManfred Siew Ee Sheng (蕭奕晟)5.726.33
MegaminxHill Pong Yong Feng37.6638.92
PyraminxTan Yong Jie3.243.68
SkewbLim Hung (林弘)3.985.86
Square-1Darren Siew Ee Yaang (蕭奕暘)9.4911.28
4×4 blindfoldedHill Pong Yong Feng2:24.41—
5×5 blindfoldedHill Pong Yong Feng4:39.35—
3×3 Multi-BlindHill Pong Yong Feng20 of 25 cubes · 52:41—
3×3 with feetLim Hung (林弘)18.9126.16

The PB harvest

94 set · 60 still standing
  • Evrich Markell Robert — 3×3 one-handed single 11.31: into the top 2.2% of the event's history.
  • Tan Yong Jie — 3×3 single 7.83: into the top 2.5% of the event's history.
  • Armando Dian — 3×3 single 7.88: into the top 2.6% of the event's history.
  • Yii Ming Siang — 3×3 single 8.43: into the top 3.6% of the event's history.
  • Armando Dian — 3×3 one-handed single 13.21: into the top 4.7% of the event's history.
  • Evrich Markell Robert — 3×3 single 9.13: into the top 5.2% of the event's history.
  • Cody Ryan James — 3×3 single 9.18: into the top 5.3% of the event's history.
  • Reyvin Isaiah Ramos — 2×2 single 2.17: into the top 6.0% of the event's history.

First-timers

19 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

6 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

55 competitors · 465 results · 18 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. Tee Kai Yang won it with a 7.58 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

55 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.