Competitions · Canada

Vancouver Select Winter 2018

Vancouver, British Columbia · 2 December 2018 · 5 events · 81 competitors · 101 personal bests

Max Siauw won four of the five events (2×2, 4×4, 6×6) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Ethan Rusnak by 0.11 seconds. 81 competitors produced 101 personal bests, 32 of which still stand today, and twelve people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Arshdeep Singh took a 2×2 single of 31.44 down to 11.71, 63 percent better in one day.

Four wins

Max Siauw — 2×2, 4×4, 6×6, 3×3 one-handed

0.11s

closest final — 3×3, Ethan Rusnak over Anthony Brooks

101

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Ethan Rusnak	7.64	8.67
2×2	Max Siauw	1.65	2.50
4×4	Max Siauw	31.29	33.75
6×6	Max Siauw	1:56.93	2:01.52
3×3 one-handed	Max Siauw	13.78	16.25

The PB harvest

101 set · 32 still standing

Mackenzie Dy — 3×3 single 7.52: into the top 2.0% of the event's history.
Owen de Greeff — 3×3 single 8.28: into the top 3.3% of the event's history.
Gabriel Marr — 2×2 single 2.30: into the top 7.0% of the event's history.
Haikel Osman-Turner — 2×2 single 2.38: into the top 7.8% of the event's history.
Brian Huaxia Zhang — 2×2 single 2.39: into the top 7.9% of the event's history.
Jaime Wong — 3×3 one-handed single 15.32: into the top 8.8% of the event's history.
Tiffany Leung — 3×3 single 10.66: into the top 9.4% of the event's history.
Mackenzie Dy — 4×4 single 39.13: into the top 11.1% of the event's history.

First-timers

Twelve 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

81 competitors · 350 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. Ethan Rusnak won it with a 8.67 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

81 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.