Competitions · Malaysia

USM Penang Cube 2017

Penang · 15 April 2017 · 6 events · 73 competitors · 71 personal bests

Ivan Lew Yi Wen (刘义文) won three of the six events (4×4, 5×5, 3×3 one-handed) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Thada Phuenghua (ธาดา พึ่งฮั้ว) by 0.23 seconds. 73 competitors produced 71 personal bests, 18 of which still stand today, and 41 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Ivan Lew Yi Wen (刘义文) set the 5×5 single national record: 57.10.

Three wins

Ivan Lew Yi Wen (刘义文) — 4×4, 5×5, 3×3 one-handed

0.23s

closest final — 2×2, Thada Phuenghua (ธาดา พึ่งฮั้ว) over Matthew Siegel

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Muhammad Hariz Bin Azizan	9.08	9.52
2×2	Thada Phuenghua (ธาดา พึ่งฮั้ว)	2.33	3.62
4×4	Ivan Lew Yi Wen (刘义文)	35.74	40.14
5×5	Ivan Lew Yi Wen (刘义文)	57.10	1:03.94
3×3 one-handed	Ivan Lew Yi Wen (刘义文)	14.89	18.73
Pyraminx	Muhammad Syahmi	4.25	4.63

The PB harvest

71 set · 18 still standing

Nazrin Afzal bin Mohd Basir — 2×2 single 2.28: into the top 6.9% of the event's history.
Mohd Ashroof Bin Masri — 4×4 single 35.54: into the top 7.2% of the event's history.
Matthew Siegel — 2×2 single 2.33: into the top 7.3% of the event's history.
Henry Won Kai Sheng — 2×2 single 2.61: into the top 10.0% of the event's history.
Yeoh Yuan Zhen — 3×3 single 13.14: into the top 17.9% of the event's history.
Talhah Bin Mohamad Shirajuddin — Pyraminx single 5.82: into the top 18.7% of the event's history.
Loo Su Sean — 3×3 single 14.69: into the top 23.4% of the event's history.
Muhammad Rashid Elias — 4×4 single 52.09: into the top 27.3% of the event's history.

First-timers

41 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 23,482 people who made their debut in 2017. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

1 regional record was set at this competition.

The field

73 competitors · 334 results · 6 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. Muhammad Hariz Bin Azizan won it with a 9.52 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

73 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.