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West Seattle Favorites 2019

Seattle, Washington · 2 March 2019 · 18 events · 87 competitors · 112 personal bests

Sameer Aggarwal won four of the 18 events (3×3, 2×2, 3×3 Fewest Moves) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Sameer Aggarwal by 0.09 seconds. 87 competitors produced 112 personal bests, 36 of which still stand today, and 14 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Jake Scalzo took a Skewb single of 8.38 down to 3.10, 63 percent better in one day.

Four wins

Sameer Aggarwal — 3×3, 2×2, 3×3 Fewest Moves, Pyraminx

0.09s

closest final — 3×3, Sameer Aggarwal over Kevin Hays

112

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Sameer Aggarwal	7.02	8.45
2×2	Sameer Aggarwal	2.14	2.22
4×4	Quan Trần Thanh Lương	34.28	37.70
5×5	Kevin Hays	50.15	51.70
6×6	Kevin Hays	1:25.63	1:31.73
7×7	Kevin Hays	2:06.28	2:18.71
3×3 blindfolded	Max Hilliard	21.29	24.33
3×3 Fewest Moves	Sameer Aggarwal	31 moves	—
3×3 one-handed	Nathanael Morgan	15.33	16.75
Clock	Alyssa Bell	6.99	7.42
Megaminx	Ethan Davis	35.25	39.22
Pyraminx	Sameer Aggarwal	1.96	2.83
Skewb	Asher Kim-Magierek	3.67	4.48
Square-1	Aiden Bartlett	6.72	9.39
4×4 blindfolded	Max Siauw	4:01.11	—
5×5 blindfolded	Jason White	11:42.00	—
3×3 Multi-Blind	Jason White	21 of 23 cubes · 52:53	—
3×3 with feet	Benjamin Gottschalk	30.03	40.64

The PB harvest

112 set · 36 still standing

Jake Scalzo — Skewb single 3.10: into the top 5.5% of the event's history.
Kai Rodland — 2×2 single 2.54: into the top 9.3% of the event's history.
Tong Xia (夏桐) — 3×3 blindfolded single 52.37: into the top 10.7% of the event's history.
Nate Chaoweeraprasit — 3×3 single 11.51: into the top 12.2% of the event's history.
Owen Frank — 2×2 single 2.96: into the top 13.8% of the event's history.
Matix Thorne — 3×3 single 12.50: into the top 15.6% of the event's history.
Lauren Clement — Pyraminx single 5.85: into the top 18.9% of the event's history.
Aiden Mitchell — Skewb single 5.21: into the top 19.8% of the event's history.

First-timers

14 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

87 competitors · 377 results · 18 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. Sameer Aggarwal won it with a 8.45 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

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solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

87 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.