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Winter Warmup 2018

Orlando, Florida · 20 January 2018 · 11 events · 54 competitors · 93 personal bests

Yi-Fan Wu (吳亦凡) won six of the eleven events (3×3, 4×4, 5×5) and the closest final was the Pyraminx, won by Tommy Cherry by 0.25 seconds. 54 competitors produced 93 personal bests, 18 of which still stand today, and ten people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Camilo Rueda took a Pyraminx single of 42.50 down to 11.62, 73 percent better in one day.

Six wins
Yi-Fan Wu (吳亦凡) — 3×3, 4×4, 5×5, 6×6, 7×7, 3×3 one-handed
0.25s
closest final — Pyraminx, Tommy Cherry over Katie Hull
93
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Yi-Fan Wu (吳亦凡)6.568.17
4×4Yi-Fan Wu (吳亦凡)27.7629.06
5×5Yi-Fan Wu (吳亦凡)53.6258.73
6×6Yi-Fan Wu (吳亦凡)1:47.761:56.87
7×7Yi-Fan Wu (吳亦凡)2:48.642:56.97
3×3 one-handedYi-Fan Wu (吳亦凡)13.6215.19
ClockJacob Ambrose6.957.54
MegaminxKatie Hull1:00.141:04.95
PyraminxTommy Cherry2.434.75
SkewbSean Hartman4.325.28
Square-1Katie Hull11.7914.41

The PB harvest

93 set · 18 still standing
  • Zachary Pinta — 3×3 single 11.84: into the top 13.3% of the event's history.
  • Jayson Frascatore — Clock single 7.65: into the top 13.6% of the event's history.
  • Gabriel Nash — Pyraminx single 5.16: into the top 14.2% of the event's history.
  • Makani Reyneri — 3×3 single 12.92: into the top 17.1% of the event's history.
  • Derek Sears — 5×5 single 1:21.41: into the top 20.2% of the event's history.
  • Zachary Pinta — Pyraminx single 6.57: into the top 24.4% of the event's history.
  • Jayson Frascatore — 4×4 single 55.46: into the top 31.3% of the event's history.
  • Derek Sears — 7×7 single 4:03.10: into the top 31.9% of the event's history.

First-timers

Ten people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 26,076 people who made their debut in 2018. 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

54 competitors · 357 results · 11 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. Yi-Fan Wu (吳亦凡) won it with a 8.17 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

54 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.