Competitions · Canada

UBC Open 2019

Vancouver, British Columbia · 5 January 2019 · 7 events · 116 competitors · 131 personal bests

Max Siauw won four of the seven events (3×3, 2×2, 4×4) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Max Siauw by 0.45 seconds. 116 competitors produced 131 personal bests, 57 of which still stand today, and 19 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Brady Jantzen took a 2×2 single of 8.42 down to 4.14, 51 percent better in one day.

Four wins

Max Siauw — 3×3, 2×2, 4×4, Megaminx

0.45s

closest final — 2×2, Max Siauw over Kyle Van Straaten

131

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Max Siauw	6.98	7.48
2×2	Max Siauw	2.05	2.51
4×4	Max Siauw	27.60	30.65
3×3 one-handed	Kenny Zhong	10.56	15.10
Megaminx	Max Siauw	45.56	59.87
Pyraminx	Marcus Kamen	2.63	2.96
Square-1	Ethan Rusnak	9.74	11.71

The PB harvest

131 set · 57 still standing

Diego Moy — 2×2 single 1.71: into the top 3.1% of the event's history.
Bruce Kong — 2×2 single 2.03: into the top 4.9% of the event's history.
Bill Lin — 2×2 single 2.06: into the top 5.2% of the event's history.
Justin Loo — Pyraminx single 4.20: into the top 8.7% of the event's history.
Arran Sibbet — 2×2 single 2.53: into the top 9.2% of the event's history.
Raymond Zou — 2×2 single 2.59: into the top 9.8% of the event's history.
Matthew Tam — 3×3 single 11.04: into the top 10.6% of the event's history.
Ron Friedman — 3×3 single 11.07: into the top 10.7% of the event's history.

First-timers

19 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

116 competitors · 523 results · 7 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. Max Siauw won it with a 7.48 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

116 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.