Competitions · Canada

Vancouver Open Summer 2014

Vancouver, British Columbia · 23 August 2014 · 9 events · 72 competitors · 78 personal bests

Caitlin Hutnyk won three of the nine events (3×3, 4×4, Pyraminx) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Jonah Chen by 0.14 seconds. 72 competitors produced 78 personal bests, 27 of which still stand today, and 22 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Kristopher De Asis set the 5×5 average national record: 1:04.73.

Three wins

Caitlin Hutnyk — 3×3, 4×4, Pyraminx

0.14s

closest final — 2×2, Jonah Chen over Vineethsubbu Somasundaram

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Caitlin Hutnyk	8.03	9.54
2×2	Jonah Chen	2.58	3.10
4×4	Caitlin Hutnyk	36.63	40.62
5×5	Kristopher De Asis	59.83	1:04.73
3×3 blindfolded	Adrian Cheung	4:13.80	—
3×3 one-handed	Daniel Chan	14.27	15.66
Pyraminx	Caitlin Hutnyk	4.36	5.95
Skewb	Vineethsubbu Somasundaram	5.08	5.97
Square-1	Forte Shinko	14.06	18.93

The PB harvest

78 set · 27 still standing

Vineethsubbu Somasundaram — 2×2 single 2.50: into the top 8.9% of the event's history.
Jonah Chen — 2×2 single 2.58: into the top 9.7% of the event's history.
Jonah Chen — 3×3 single 11.22: into the top 11.2% of the event's history.
Coren Broughton — 2×2 single 3.25: into the top 17.2% of the event's history.
Dhruvik Parikh — 3×3 single 13.96: into the top 20.8% of the event's history.
Sittinon Sukhaya (สิทธินนท์ สุขายะ) — Pyraminx single 6.25: into the top 21.8% of the event's history.
Dhruvik Parikh — Pyraminx single 6.31: into the top 22.3% of the event's history.
Jonah Chen — 4×4 single 49.31: into the top 23.9% of the event's history.

First-timers

22 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 9,275 people who made their debut in 2014. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

1 regional record was set at this competition.

The field

72 competitors · 296 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. Caitlin Hutnyk won it with a 9.54 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

72 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.