Competitions · United States

Solving Hunger Virginia 2019

Fairfax, Virginia · 12 October 2019 · 5 events · 109 competitors · 95 personal bests

Keaton Ellis won two of the five events (6×6, 3×3 one-handed) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Ray Bai by 0.12 seconds. 109 competitors produced 95 personal bests, 26 of which still stand today, and 28 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Matthew Taday took a 2×2 single of 22.64 down to 12.11, 47 percent better in one day.

Two wins

Keaton Ellis — 6×6, 3×3 one-handed

0.12s

closest final — 3×3, Ray Bai over Keaton Ellis

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Ray Bai	7.08	8.10
2×2	Will Callan	1.22	1.45
4×4	Ari Randers-Pehrson	26.34	30.77
6×6	Keaton Ellis	1:53.68	1:58.94
3×3 one-handed	Keaton Ellis	10.92	11.82

The PB harvest

95 set · 26 still standing

Keaton Ellis — 4×4 single 26.66: into the top 1.2% of the event's history.
Sean Belke — 2×2 single 1.42: into the top 1.8% of the event's history.
Stephen Huan — 3×3 one-handed single 11.54: into the top 2.4% of the event's history.
Lucinda Zhou — 3×3 single 8.26: into the top 3.3% of the event's history.
Harrison Willens — 3×3 single 12.47: into the top 15.5% of the event's history.
David Knight — 2×2 single 4.12: into the top 28.0% of the event's history.
Vincent Trang — 4×4 single 54.67: into the top 30.3% of the event's history.
Nicholas Daneshvari — 6×6 single 2:45.38: into the top 33.6% of the event's history.

First-timers

28 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

No national, continental or world records were set at this competition. That is true of most competitions.

The field

109 competitors · 471 results · 5 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. Ray Bai won it with a 8.10 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

109 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.