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Taylor's SpeedCubing Challenge 2014

Klang Valley, Selangor · 20 September 2014 · 8 events · 24 competitors · 31 personal bests

Ainesh Sevellaraja won five of the eight events (3×3, 2×2, 5×5) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Ainesh Sevellaraja by 0.22 seconds. 24 competitors produced 31 personal bests, 6 of which still stand today, and six people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Ainesh Sevellaraja set the 3×3 blindfolded single national record: 32.31.

Five wins
Ainesh Sevellaraja — 3×3, 2×2, 5×5, 3×3 blindfolded, Pyraminx
0.22s
closest final — 3×3, Ainesh Sevellaraja over Muhammad Syahmi
31
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Ainesh Sevellaraja10.0210.72
2×2Ainesh Sevellaraja2.283.14
4×4Amos Tay Swee Hui44.3647.28
5×5Ainesh Sevellaraja1:39.191:45.70
3×3 blindfoldedAinesh Sevellaraja32.31
3×3 Fewest MovesAmos Tay Swee Hui40 moves
3×3 one-handedAmos Tay Swee Hui19.6623.20
PyraminxAinesh Sevellaraja4.525.86

The PB harvest

31 set · 6 still standing
  • Syafiq bin Mohamad — 3×3 single 13.18: into the top 18.1% of the event's history.
  • Kooi Xiu Hong — 3×3 single 13.86: into the top 20.5% of the event's history.
  • Wei Yuen Teh — 2×2 single 3.66: into the top 22.2% of the event's history.
  • Lee Yung Tat — 3×3 single 16.25: into the top 28.6% of the event's history.
  • Cha Hup Ping — 3×3 single 17.78: into the top 33.4% of the event's history.
  • Hafiy Fauzi — 4×4 single 1:30.11: into the top 63.6% of the event's history.

First-timers

Six people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 9,275 people who made their debut in 2014. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

1 regional record was set at this competition.

The field

24 competitors · 130 results · 8 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. Ainesh Sevellaraja won it with a 10.72 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

24 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.