Competitions · Canada

Vancouver Select 2018

Vancouver, British Columbia · 30 September 2018 · 5 events · 99 competitors · 115 personal bests

Max Siauw won three of the five events (3×3, 2×2, Megaminx) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Max Siauw by 0.14 seconds. 99 competitors produced 115 personal bests, 37 of which still stand today, and 19 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Leo Qiao took a 2×2 single of 13.66 down to 7.07, 48 percent better in one day.

Three wins

Max Siauw — 3×3, 2×2, Megaminx

0.14s

closest final — 2×2, Max Siauw over Ethan Rusnak

115

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Max Siauw	6.38	8.09
2×2	Max Siauw	1.98	3.01
5×5	Dylan Wang	1:03.21	1:10.01
Megaminx	Max Siauw	52.33	59.13
3×3 with feet	Ethan Rusnak	37.94	1:01.53

The PB harvest

115 set · 37 still standing

Chin Lam — 3×3 single 9.39: into the top 5.8% of the event's history.
Jaime Wong — 2×2 single 2.57: into the top 9.6% of the event's history.
Matthew Tam — 2×2 single 3.05: into the top 14.8% of the event's history.
Issa Diaou — 3×3 single 12.87: into the top 17.0% of the event's history.
Peter Preston — Megaminx single 1:14.97: into the top 18.7% of the event's history.
Jacob Wylie — 2×2 single 3.44: into the top 19.4% of the event's history.
Noam Snitz — 2×2 single 3.50: into the top 20.2% of the event's history.
Chin Lam — 5×5 single 1:22.11: into the top 20.8% of the event's history.

First-timers

19 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

99 competitors · 345 results · 5 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. Max Siauw won it with a 8.09 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

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solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

99 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.