Competitions · Malaysia

USM Penang Cube 2019

Penang · 23 March 2019 · 9 events · 117 competitors · 152 personal bests

Ng Jia Quan (黄佳铨) won four of the nine events (3×3, 2×2, 4×4) and the closest final was the Pyraminx, won by Ng Jia Quan (黄佳铨) by 0.00 seconds. 117 competitors produced 152 personal bests, 53 of which still stand today, and 40 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Ng Jia Quan (黄佳铨) set the Skewb single national record: 1.89.

Four wins

Ng Jia Quan (黄佳铨) — 3×3, 2×2, 4×4, Pyraminx

0.00s

closest final — Pyraminx, Ng Jia Quan (黄佳铨) over Muhammad Syahmi

152

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Ng Jia Quan (黄佳铨)	8.28	9.20
2×2	Ng Jia Quan (黄佳铨)	1.63	2.59
4×4	Ng Jia Quan (黄佳铨)	32.50	34.24
5×5	Lee Hoween	55.05	1:00.96
3×3 one-handed	Tee Kai Yang	10.51	13.41
Clock	Manfred Siew Ee Sheng (蕭奕晟)	5.79	6.67
Megaminx	Hill Pong Yong Feng	39.16	42.59
Pyraminx	Ng Jia Quan (黄佳铨)	2.56	3.84
Skewb	Yee Wen Foo	2.59	2.97

The PB harvest

152 set · 53 still standing

Sheng Foon Kin — 3×3 single 7.88: into the top 2.6% of the event's history.
Danish Najmi — 3×3 single 8.03: into the top 2.8% of the event's history.
Pua Yi — 3×3 single 8.40: into the top 3.5% of the event's history.
Pua Yi — 3×3 one-handed single 13.52: into the top 5.3% of the event's history.
Sheng Foon Kin — Skewb single 3.10: into the top 5.5% of the event's history.
Loo Jia Jun — 3×3 single 9.47: into the top 6.0% of the event's history.
Ho Lit Herng — 3×3 single 9.60: into the top 6.4% of the event's history.
Ho Lit Herng — 2×2 single 2.35: into the top 7.5% of the event's history.

First-timers

40 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

3 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

117 competitors · 587 results · 9 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. Ng Jia Quan (黄佳铨) won it with a 9.20 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

117 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.