Competitions · Canada

Vancouver Newcomers Afternoon 2024

Vancouver, British Columbia · 16 March 2024 · 3 events · 73 competitors · 21 personal bests

Ash Black won two of the three events (Pyraminx, Skewb) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Kenny Zhong by 0.33 seconds. 73 competitors produced 21 personal bests, 8 of which still stand today, and 37 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Allan Wang took a Skewb single of 12.58 down to 5.51, 56 percent better in one day.

Two wins

Ash Black — Pyraminx, Skewb

0.33s

closest final — 3×3, Kenny Zhong over Luke Jankowiak

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Kenny Zhong	7.13	7.78
Pyraminx	Ash Black	2.40	2.91
Skewb	Ash Black	1.99	2.14

The PB harvest

21 set · 8 still standing

Arsham Shafghat — Skewb single 5.00: into the top 18.1% of the event's history.
Elliot Copeland — Pyraminx single 5.97: into the top 19.8% of the event's history.
Shepard Watson — Pyraminx single 6.21: into the top 21.6% of the event's history.
Allan Wang — Skewb single 5.51: into the top 22.1% of the event's history.
Liam Waaga — Pyraminx single 6.69: into the top 25.4% of the event's history.
Sullivan Bennett — Pyraminx single 7.76: into the top 34.2% of the event's history.
Ben Gilbert — 3×3 single 23.48: into the top 49.1% of the event's history.
Cylus Mackenzie — Skewb single 9.55: into the top 52.1% of the event's history.

First-timers

37 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 32,954 people who made their debut in 2024. 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

73 competitors · 197 results · 3 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. Kenny Zhong won it with a 7.78 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

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.