Competitions · United States

Virginia Open Spring 2017

Charlottesville, Virginia · 1 April 2017 · 6 events · 70 competitors · 72 personal bests

Henry Savich won three of the six events (2×2, 3×3 one-handed, Pyraminx) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Katie Hull by 0.07 seconds. 70 competitors produced 72 personal bests, 19 of which still stand today, and 20 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Isaac Barber took a Skewb single of 17.11 down to 5.82, 66 percent better in one day.

Three wins

Henry Savich — 2×2, 3×3 one-handed, Pyraminx

0.07s

closest final — 3×3, Katie Hull over Henry Savich

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Katie Hull	9.16	9.89
2×2	Henry Savich	2.16	2.63
3×3 blindfolded	Chester Lian	50.88	1:04.04
3×3 one-handed	Henry Savich	13.65	16.07
Pyraminx	Henry Savich	2.90	3.35
Skewb	Benjamin Christie	3.50	3.94

The PB harvest

72 set · 19 still standing

Logan Mills — 2×2 single 2.06: into the top 5.2% of the event's history.
Chris Osborne — 3×3 single 9.29: into the top 5.6% of the event's history.
Isaac Barber — 2×2 single 2.46: into the top 8.5% of the event's history.
Chris Osborne — 2×2 single 2.90: into the top 13.1% of the event's history.
Chris Osborne — 3×3 one-handed single 17.36: into the top 13.5% of the event's history.
Carl Humphreys — Pyraminx single 5.53: into the top 16.6% of the event's history.
Isaac Barber — Skewb single 5.82: into the top 24.4% of the event's history.
Alex Mattern — Pyraminx single 6.94: into the top 27.4% of the event's history.

First-timers

20 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

70 competitors · 314 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. Katie Hull won it with a 9.89 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

70 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.