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Saint John 2018

Saint John, New Brunswick · 15 September 2018 · 9 events · 25 competitors · 25 personal bests

Liam Orovec won four of the nine events (4×4, 5×5, 6×6) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Chandler Pike by 0.07 seconds. 25 competitors produced 25 personal bests, 6 of which still stand today, and ten people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Lily Kean took a 3×3 single of 40.16 down to 18.22, 55 percent better in one day.

Four wins
Liam Orovec — 4×4, 5×5, 6×6, Megaminx
0.07s
closest final — 2×2, Chandler Pike over Liam Orovec
25
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Seungmin Lee10.9612.28
2×2Chandler Pike3.764.18
4×4Liam Orovec45.5951.84
5×5Liam Orovec1:26.971:33.86
6×6Liam Orovec2:53.423:00.39
MegaminxLiam Orovec1:06.941:13.95
PyraminxBenjamin McCormick4.446.31
SkewbEthan Castonguay6.226.93
Square-1Chandler Pike21.4127.59

The PB harvest

25 set · 6 still standing
  • Wooje Choi — 3×3 single 11.17: into the top 11.0% of the event's history.
  • Nathan Young — 2×2 single 2.83: into the top 12.3% of the event's history.
  • Lily Kean — 3×3 single 18.22: into the top 34.7% of the event's history.
  • Teighin Nordholt — Skewb single 7.77: into the top 39.5% of the event's history.
  • Ryan Higgins — Megaminx single 1:58.78: into the top 45.0% of the event's history.
  • Ryan Higgins — 4×4 single 1:16.94: into the top 53.3% of the event's history.

First-timers

Ten people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 26,076 people who made their debut in 2018. 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

25 competitors · 168 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. Seungmin Lee won it with a 12.28 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

25 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.