Competitions · Canada

Waterloo Open Fall 2012

Waterloo, Ontario · 29 September 2012 · 10 events · 68 competitors · 66 personal bests

Louis Cormier won two of the ten events (4×4, Clock) and the closest final was the Magic, won by Benjamin Wong by 0.09 seconds. 68 competitors produced 66 personal bests, 24 of which still stand today, and 14 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Philip Habib set the 3×3 single national record: 52.83.

Two wins

Louis Cormier — 4×4, Clock

0.09s

closest final — Magic, Benjamin Wong over Louis Cormier

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Jonathan Tan Wei Xiat	8.63	10.50
2×2	Justin Jaffray	1.81	2.43
4×4	Louis Cormier	45.59	46.98
3×3 blindfolded	Eric Limeback	1:10.13	—
3×3 one-handed	Forte Shinko	15.28	18.59
Clock	Louis Cormier	11.44	12.55
Square-1	Brady Metherall	13.15	15.31
4×4 blindfolded	Julian David	8:54.34	—
Magic	Benjamin Wong	1.11	1.42
Master Magic	Antoine Cantin	2.34	2.88

The PB harvest

66 set · 24 still standing

Forte Shinko — 2×2 single 1.66: into the top 2.9% of the event's history.
Matthew Murray — Master Magic single 2.86: into the top 14.8% of the event's history.
Chen Zhang (张辰) — 3×3 single 12.58: into the top 15.9% of the event's history.
Tyler Bryan — 3×3 single 13.09: into the top 17.7% of the event's history.
Callum Moseley — 3×3 single 13.59: into the top 19.5% of the event's history.
Hao Yang — 3×3 single 14.81: into the top 23.8% of the event's history.
Marco Valdez — 3×3 single 17.56: into the top 32.7% of the event's history.
Gabriel Guay — 3×3 one-handed single 24.47: into the top 32.8% of the event's history.

First-timers

14 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 4,376 people who made their debut in 2012. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

4 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

68 competitors · 327 results · 10 events.

Everyone who competed

68 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.