Competitions · Canada

Vancouver Open Winter 2016

Vancouver, British Columbia · 6 February 2016 · 7 events · 83 competitors · 66 personal bests

Anthony Brooks won three of the seven events (3×3, 2×2, 3×3 one-handed) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Anthony Brooks by 0.07 seconds. 83 competitors produced 66 personal bests, 13 of which still stand today, and 39 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Seth De Silva set the 3×3 single national record: 9.56.

Three wins

Anthony Brooks — 3×3, 2×2, 3×3 one-handed

0.07s

closest final — 3×3, Anthony Brooks over Caitlin Hutnyk

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Anthony Brooks	9.44	10.16
2×2	Anthony Brooks	2.21	2.77
4×4	Caitlin Hutnyk	33.28	35.94
5×5	Kristopher De Asis	58.36	1:13.85
6×6	Alvin Yang	2:37.33	2:42.06
3×3 one-handed	Anthony Brooks	15.27	16.18
Megaminx	Ryan Kao	1:42.59	1:52.78

The PB harvest

66 set · 13 still standing

Seth De Silva — 3×3 single 9.56: into the top 6.3% of the event's history.
Nelson Fretenburg — 3×3 single 14.18: into the top 21.6% of the event's history.
Ryan Kao — 2×2 single 3.72: into the top 23.0% of the event's history.
Sunny Liang — 3×3 single 16.25: into the top 28.6% of the event's history.
Devon Mackenzie Throness — 3×3 single 17.41: into the top 32.3% of the event's history.
Jaden Chong — 3×3 single 17.63: into the top 33.0% of the event's history.
Eric Yang — 3×3 single 20.27: into the top 40.7% of the event's history.
Bohdan Lee — 3×3 single 20.46: into the top 41.2% of the event's history.

First-timers

39 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 17,946 people who made their debut in 2016. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

3 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

83 competitors · 272 results · 7 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. Anthony Brooks won it with a 10.16 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

83 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.