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Singapore 333 Cube Competition 2016

Singapore · 27 August 2016 · 6 events · 113 competitors · 70 personal bests

Mats Valk won three of the six events (3×3, 3×3 Fewest Moves, 3×3 one-handed) and the closest final was the 3×3 one-handed, won by Mats Valk by 2.32 seconds. 113 competitors produced 70 personal bests, 23 of which still stand today, and 32 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Jareth Soong Ying Rui (宋颖锐) set the 3×3 Multi-Blind single national record: 12 of 13 cubes · 56:15.

Three wins

Mats Valk — 3×3, 3×3 Fewest Moves, 3×3 one-handed

2.32s

closest final — 3×3 one-handed, Mats Valk over Ainesh Sevellaraja

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Mats Valk	5.68	7.94
3×3 blindfolded	Shantanu Modak	41.80	—
3×3 Fewest Moves	Mats Valk	28 moves	30.67
3×3 one-handed	Mats Valk	12.68	13.53
3×3 Multi-Blind	Ainesh Sevellaraja	19 of 25 cubes · 58:17	—
3×3 with feet	Wong Chong Wen (黄崇文)	1:16.61	1:26.84

The PB harvest

70 set · 23 still standing

Zachary Chan — 3×3 single 6.84: into the top 1.2% of the event's history.
Phua Kia Juin Jayvern — 3×3 single 10.66: into the top 9.4% of the event's history.
Matu Harvey — 3×3 single 10.91: into the top 10.2% of the event's history.
Nicholas Foo Chuan Le — 3×3 single 11.27: into the top 11.3% of the event's history.
Neal Chia — 3×3 single 11.47: into the top 12.0% of the event's history.
Teo Kai Jie — 3×3 single 11.55: into the top 12.3% of the event's history.
Nicholas Foo Chuan Le — 3×3 one-handed single 18.06: into the top 15.2% of the event's history.
See Song Ying — 3×3 single 12.78: into the top 16.7% of the event's history.

First-timers

32 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 17,946 people who made their debut in 2016. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

9 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

113 competitors · 276 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. Mats Valk won it with a 7.94 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

113 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.