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Utah Winter Open 2018

Herriman, Utah · 27 January 2018 · 8 events · 76 competitors · 102 personal bests

Michael Young won three of the eight events (3×3, 4×4, 3×3 one-handed) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Jeidun Duncan by 0.04 seconds. 76 competitors produced 102 personal bests, 28 of which still stand today, and 27 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Matthew Spackman took a Skewb single of 49.32 down to 14.22, 71 percent better in one day.

Three wins
Michael Young — 3×3, 4×4, 3×3 one-handed
0.04s
closest final — 2×2, Jeidun Duncan over Charles Martinson
102
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Michael Young10.5210.99
2×2Jeidun Duncan2.843.41
4×4Michael Young42.2247.21
5×5Wesley Stephenson1:22.191:26.44
3×3 blindfoldedDamian Wilding5:38.83—
3×3 one-handedMichael Young17.0018.60
SkewbRiley Workman4.456.30
Square-1Calvin Nielson9.8412.30

The PB harvest

102 set · 28 still standing
  • Joshua Bott — 3×3 single 12.07: into the top 14.1% of the event's history.
  • Mikael Weiss — 3×3 single 13.35: into the top 18.7% of the event's history.
  • Wesley Stephenson — Skewb single 5.28: into the top 20.3% of the event's history.
  • Daniel King — 4×4 single 48.28: into the top 22.5% of the event's history.
  • Wesley Stephenson — Square-1 single 18.01: into the top 23.4% of the event's history.
  • Judd Coleman — 2×2 single 4.77: into the top 36.4% of the event's history.
  • Daniel King — 3×3 one-handed single 27.71: into the top 41.2% of the event's history.
  • Clay Christensen — 2×2 single 5.21: into the top 41.9% of the event's history.

First-timers

27 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 26,076 people who made their debut in 2018. 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

76 competitors · 380 results · 8 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. Michael Young won it with a 10.99 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

76 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.