Competitions · United States

Virginia Qualifier 2019

Fairfax, Virginia · 27 April 2019 · 10 events · 63 competitors · 68 personal bests

Keaton Ellis won two of the ten events (3×3, 7×7) and the closest final was the Skewb, won by Will Callan by 0.14 seconds. 63 competitors produced 68 personal bests, 19 of which still stand today, and nine people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Justin Gou took a Clock single of 24.50 down to 9.23, 62 percent better in one day.

Two wins

Keaton Ellis — 3×3, 7×7

0.14s

closest final — Skewb, Will Callan over Justin Choi

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Keaton Ellis	6.68	7.52
4×4	Ray Bai	28.28	30.95
7×7	Keaton Ellis	2:55.27	3:07.33
3×3 Fewest Moves	Will Callan	28 moves	29.33
Clock	Tommy Szeliga	8.05	10.30
Skewb	Will Callan	3.34	4.08
Square-1	Tommy Szeliga	6.28	9.59
4×4 blindfolded	Liam Chen	7:06.35	—
5×5 blindfolded	Adam Ahmad	19:01.00	—
3×3 Multi-Blind	Liam Chen	14 of 16 cubes · 1:00:00	—

The PB harvest

68 set · 19 still standing

Tommy Szeliga — Square-1 single 6.28: into the top 0.98% of the event's history.
Lennon Dorsey — 3×3 single 9.98: into the top 7.4% of the event's history.
Matthew Calvario — 3×3 single 10.35: into the top 8.5% of the event's history.
Frederick Zheng — Square-1 single 12.94: into the top 11.7% of the event's history.
Zachary Forino — Square-1 single 15.10: into the top 16.7% of the event's history.
Justin Gou — Clock single 9.23: into the top 21.2% of the event's history.
Logan Forsythe — Square-1 single 21.15: into the top 30.5% of the event's history.
Skyler Brickey Varvell — Clock single 11.67: into the top 33.4% of the event's history.

First-timers

Nine 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

63 competitors · 351 results · 10 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. Keaton Ellis won it with a 7.52 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

63 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.