Competitions · United States

Veterans Day Open 2019

Colorado Springs, Colorado · 9 November 2019 · 6 events · 82 competitors · 100 personal bests

Dylan Hughlett won four of the six events (3×3, 4×4, 7×7) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Calvin Nielson by 0.29 seconds. 82 competitors produced 100 personal bests, 41 of which still stand today, and 28 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Jacob Fisher took a Pyraminx single of 53.28 down to 19.40, 64 percent better in one day.

Four wins

Dylan Hughlett — 3×3, 4×4, 7×7, Megaminx

0.29s

closest final — 2×2, Calvin Nielson over Brayden Wroten

100

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Dylan Hughlett	7.79	8.93
2×2	Calvin Nielson	2.14	2.92
4×4	Dylan Hughlett	32.44	34.19
7×7	Dylan Hughlett	3:20.29	3:24.31
Megaminx	Dylan Hughlett	56.05	1:00.88
Pyraminx	Logan Day-Richter	2.55	4.81

The PB harvest

100 set · 41 still standing

Logan Day-Richter — Pyraminx single 2.55: into the top 2.3% of the event's history.
Lawrence Nichols — 2×2 single 1.96: into the top 4.5% of the event's history.
Arden Jacobson — 2×2 single 2.37: into the top 7.7% of the event's history.
Dylan Hughlett — Megaminx single 56.05: into the top 7.9% of the event's history.
Christopher Hinkle — 3×3 single 10.31: into the top 8.4% of the event's history.
Noah Segal — 2×2 single 2.55: into the top 9.4% of the event's history.
Alexander T. Kleen — 2×2 single 2.78: into the top 11.8% of the event's history.
Arden Jacobson — 4×4 single 39.93: into the top 12.1% of the event's history.

First-timers

28 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 27,871 people who made their debut in 2019. 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

82 competitors · 411 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 8.93 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

82 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.