Competitions · United States

Skyline Open 2018

Sammamish, Washington · 27 January 2018 · 6 events · 94 competitors · 93 personal bests

Ben Yu won three of the six events (3×3, 4×4, Square-1) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Ben Yu by 0.02 seconds. 94 competitors produced 93 personal bests, 41 of which still stand today, and 27 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Ethan Rusnak set the Square-1 average national record: 11.57.

Three wins

Ben Yu — 3×3, 4×4, Square-1

0.02s

closest final — 3×3, Ben Yu over Blake Thompson

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Ben Yu	6.94	8.33
2×2	Sameer Aggarwal	2.55	3.05
4×4	Ben Yu	31.05	34.66
7×7	David Armstrong	3:34.36	3:40.69
3×3 blindfolded	Max Hilliard	25.31	—
Square-1	Ben Yu	8.24	9.57

The PB harvest

93 set · 41 still standing

Kevin McIntee — 2×2 single 2.52: into the top 9.1% of the event's history.
Johnny Yejun Kim — 2×2 single 2.58: into the top 9.7% of the event's history.
Skye Campbell — 3×3 single 10.82: into the top 9.9% of the event's history.
Daniel Watson — 2×2 single 2.94: into the top 13.6% of the event's history.
Daniel Watson — 3×3 single 12.67: into the top 16.3% of the event's history.
Manav Verma — 3×3 single 13.05: into the top 17.6% of the event's history.
Simon Cummings — 3×3 single 13.07: into the top 17.7% of the event's history.
Johnny Yejun Kim — Square-1 single 16.35: into the top 19.4% of the event's history.

First-timers

27 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

2 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

94 competitors · 343 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. Ben Yu won it with a 8.33 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

94 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.