Competitions · United States

Utah Valley Open 2019

Spanish Fork, Utah · 5 January 2019 · 11 events · 93 competitors · 129 personal bests

Isaac Myers won two of the eleven events (4×4, 3×3 one-handed) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Eric Pesci by 0.19 seconds. 93 competitors produced 129 personal bests, 45 of which still stand today, and 20 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Traveller Cooper took a 2×2 single of 14.57 down to 4.89, 66 percent better in one day.

Two wins

Isaac Myers — 4×4, 3×3 one-handed

0.19s

closest final — 3×3, Eric Pesci over Brendan Bakker (貝庭笙)

129

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Eric Pesci	9.93	11.34
2×2	Jeidun Duncan	2.78	3.47
4×4	Isaac Myers	37.11	44.45
5×5	Brendan Bakker (貝庭笙)	1:20.40	1:28.74
3×3 blindfolded	Brendan Bakker (貝庭笙)	51.03	—
3×3 one-handed	Isaac Myers	16.33	18.18
Clock	Samuel Baird	7.01	8.03
Skewb	Tripp Lyons	5.35	5.52
Square-1	Calvin Nielson	9.74	11.38
4×4 blindfolded	Bradley Sampson	—	—
3×3 Multi-Blind	Jason Hammerman	4 of 5 cubes · 25:51	—

The PB harvest

129 set · 45 still standing

Jackson Sotelo — 3×3 single 9.66: into the top 6.5% of the event's history.
Matthew Leavitt — 4×4 single 38.92: into the top 10.9% of the event's history.
Matthew Leavitt — 2×2 single 2.77: into the top 11.7% of the event's history.
Bridger Farnsworth — 4×4 single 41.11: into the top 13.4% of the event's history.
Chase Pehrson — 2×2 single 3.17: into the top 16.3% of the event's history.
Sebastian Snyder — 2×2 single 3.22: into the top 16.8% of the event's history.
Levi Clarke — 2×2 single 3.32: into the top 18.0% of the event's history.
Riley Workman — Clock single 9.23: into the top 21.2% of the event's history.

First-timers

20 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

93 competitors · 513 results · 11 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. Eric Pesci won it with a 11.34 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

93 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.