Competitions · Canada

UBC Open 2020

Vancouver, British Columbia · 4 January 2020 · 7 events · 110 competitors · 105 personal bests

Max Siauw won three of the seven events (2×2, Megaminx, Square-1) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Asher Kim-Magierek by 0.05 seconds. 110 competitors produced 105 personal bests, 56 of which still stand today, and 29 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Kevin Matthews set the 3×3 Multi-Blind single national record: 24 of 26 cubes · 52:56.

Three wins

Max Siauw — 2×2, Megaminx, Square-1

0.05s

closest final — 3×3, Asher Kim-Magierek over Sameer Aggarwal

105

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Asher Kim-Magierek	7.18	7.66
2×2	Max Siauw	1.39	1.60
3×3 blindfolded	Dylan Wang	58.37	—
3×3 one-handed	Sameer Aggarwal	12.78	13.01
Megaminx	Max Siauw	43.33	49.90
Square-1	Max Siauw	6.48	7.37
3×3 Multi-Blind	Kevin Matthews	24 of 26 cubes · 52:56	—

The PB harvest

105 set · 56 still standing

Kyle Van Straaten — 2×2 single 0.86: into the top 0.31% of the event's history.
Austin Chuong — 3×3 one-handed single 12.70: into the top 4.0% of the event's history.
Cameron Jim — 2×2 single 1.93: into the top 4.3% of the event's history.
Evan Liu — 3×3 single 8.76: into the top 4.3% of the event's history.
Yuzhong Luo — 3×3 single 9.42: into the top 5.9% of the event's history.
Edward Zeng — 3×3 single 10.70: into the top 9.6% of the event's history.
Callum O'Riley — Square-1 single 11.86: into the top 9.6% of the event's history.
Milo Ahn — 2×2 single 2.59: into the top 9.8% of the event's history.

First-timers

29 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 4,608 people who made their debut in 2020. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

1 regional record was set at this competition.

The field

110 competitors · 488 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. Asher Kim-Magierek won it with a 7.66 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

110 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.