Competitions · United States

Veterans Day Open 2017

Colorado Springs, Colorado · 11 November 2017 · 6 events · 95 competitors · 116 personal bests

Dylan Hughlett won two of the six events (3×3, Megaminx) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Alex Truitt by 0.01 seconds. 95 competitors produced 116 personal bests, 37 of which still stand today, and 34 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Tomer Sagir took a 2×2 single of 28.32 down to 7.48, 74 percent better in one day.

Two wins

Dylan Hughlett — 3×3, Megaminx

0.01s

closest final — 2×2, Alex Truitt over Jack Ryan

116

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Dylan Hughlett	8.98	9.44
2×2	Alex Truitt	2.71	3.18
3×3 blindfolded	Jordan Mosakowski	2:33.10	—
Megaminx	Dylan Hughlett	1:03.18	1:10.35
Pyraminx	Alex Walker	4.50	5.34
Skewb	Alex Walker	5.22	5.98

The PB harvest

116 set · 37 still standing

Ryan Schubert — 2×2 single 1.78: into the top 3.5% of the event's history.
Alex Tarasov — 2×2 single 2.00: into the top 4.7% of the event's history.
Alex Tarasov — 3×3 single 9.57: into the top 6.3% of the event's history.
Joel Davis — 3×3 single 11.38: into the top 11.7% of the event's history.
Alex Tarasov — Pyraminx single 4.87: into the top 12.4% of the event's history.
Zane Hayden — 2×2 single 2.84: into the top 12.4% of the event's history.
Ryan Weyrauch — 2×2 single 3.17: into the top 16.3% of the event's history.
Daniel Watson — Pyraminx single 5.83: into the top 18.7% of the event's history.

First-timers

34 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 23,482 people who made their debut in 2017. 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

95 competitors · 406 results · 6 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. Dylan Hughlett won it with a 9.44 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

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solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

95 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.