Competitions · United States

Trinity Valley Open 2018

Fort Worth, Texas · 10 November 2018 · 8 events · 81 competitors · 79 personal bests

Mahith Bandi won three of the eight events (2×2, 4×4, 5×5) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Mahith Bandi by 0.08 seconds. 81 competitors produced 79 personal bests, 25 of which still stand today, and 29 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Sara Pankovich took a 2×2 single of 8.84 down to 2.57, 71 percent better in one day.

Three wins

Mahith Bandi — 2×2, 4×4, 5×5

0.08s

closest final — 2×2, Mahith Bandi over Dylan Miller

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Dylan Miller	7.51	7.90
2×2	Mahith Bandi	2.01	3.34
4×4	Mahith Bandi	30.29	33.35
5×5	Mahith Bandi	54.79	58.98
3×3 blindfolded	Jae Park	1:26.33	—
Megaminx	Dylan Miller	1:00.03	1:08.21
Pyraminx	Andres Rodriguez	1.77	3.21
Skewb	Patrick Fischer	1.93	4.14

The PB harvest

79 set · 25 still standing

Patrick Fischer — Skewb single 1.93: into the top 1.2% of the event's history.
Pranav Veera — Skewb single 2.51: into the top 2.9% of the event's history.
Ethan Tran — 2×2 single 2.40: into the top 8.0% of the event's history.
Sara Pankovich — 2×2 single 2.57: into the top 9.6% of the event's history.
Joseph Waldo — 3×3 single 12.61: into the top 16.1% of the event's history.
Ben Sandoval — 2×2 single 3.41: into the top 19.1% of the event's history.
Ethan Michael Kornegay — 2×2 single 3.56: into the top 20.9% of the event's history.
Sara Pankovich — 3×3 single 14.53: into the top 22.8% of the event's history.

First-timers

29 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

81 competitors · 345 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. Dylan Miller won it with a 7.90 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

81 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.