Competitions · Canada

Vancouver Big Cubes Open 2019

Vancouver, British Columbia · 23 August 2019 · 8 events · 86 competitors · 99 personal bests

Luke Tycksen won two of the eight events (7×7, 3×3 one-handed) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Sameer Aggarwal by 0.17 seconds. 86 competitors produced 99 personal bests, 33 of which still stand today, and eleven people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Aaron Ren took a 3×3 single of 36.50 down to 15.15, 58 percent better in one day.

Two wins

Luke Tycksen — 7×7, 3×3 one-handed

0.17s

closest final — 3×3, Sameer Aggarwal over Luke Tycksen

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Sameer Aggarwal	6.67	7.91
5×5	Kevin Hays	42.36	47.91
6×6	Paris Dorn	1:41.25	1:45.87
7×7	Luke Tycksen	2:29.48	2:37.08
3×3 one-handed	Luke Tycksen	10.87	12.65
Square-1	Aiden Bartlett	7.16	7.76
4×4 blindfolded	Kevin Matthews	4:56.35	—
5×5 blindfolded	Max Siauw	12:15.00	—

The PB harvest

99 set · 33 still standing

Paris Dorn — 6×6 single 1:41.25: into the top 4.4% of the event's history.
Jose Miguel Rillera — 3×3 single 9.87: into the top 7.1% of the event's history.
Jakob Sawyer — 3×3 single 10.02: into the top 7.5% of the event's history.
Reagan Li — Square-1 single 10.80: into the top 7.5% of the event's history.
Matt Hudon — 3×3 one-handed single 15.20: into the top 8.5% of the event's history.
Ruotong Wang (王若同) — 7×7 single 2:52.38: into the top 8.6% of the event's history.
Reagan Li — 3×3 one-handed single 15.25: into the top 8.6% of the event's history.
Wony Lee — 3×3 single 10.94: into the top 10.3% of the event's history.

First-timers

Eleven 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

86 competitors · 374 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. Sameer Aggarwal won it with a 7.91 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

86 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.