Competitions · United States

Virginia Open Winter 2017

Charlottesville, Virginia · 18 February 2017 · 6 events · 94 competitors · 93 personal bests

Sean Belke won the 3×3 with a 9.43 and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Sean Belke by 0.21 seconds. 94 competitors produced 93 personal bests, 27 of which still stand today, and 22 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Ryland Wilson took a 2×2 single of 6.55 down to 2.68, 59 percent better in one day.

events decided

0.21s

closest final — 3×3, Sean Belke over Benjamin Christie

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Sean Belke	7.85	9.43
2×2	Will Callan	2.09	2.12
3×3 blindfolded	Raymond Goslow	1:05.88	—
3×3 one-handed	Henry Savich	13.86	15.00
Clock	Carson Claud	7.23	8.24
Megaminx	Katie Hull	1:08.34	1:10.31

The PB harvest

93 set · 27 still standing

Thomas Kohann — 3×3 one-handed single 10.77: into the top 1.6% of the event's history.
Devin Kennedy — 2×2 single 2.50: into the top 8.9% of the event's history.
Faith Vandebrooke — 3×3 single 11.67: into the top 12.7% of the event's history.
Kevin Chung — 3×3 single 11.90: into the top 13.6% of the event's history.
Hugh Toner — 2×2 single 3.03: into the top 14.6% of the event's history.
Ben Hart — 2×2 single 3.05: into the top 14.8% of the event's history.
David Barreno — 3×3 single 12.51: into the top 15.7% of the event's history.
Zachary Schemm — 3×3 single 13.27: into the top 18.4% of the event's history.

First-timers

22 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

94 competitors · 355 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. Sean Belke won it with a 9.43 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

94 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.