Back in the spring, there was an even better 6m opening where I was able to work HI and AK within 10 minutes to complete my WAS on 6m.  This was with my IC-7610 barefoot at 32'.  To add icing to the cake, I worked not one, but two AK stations in short order as the 2nd one called me.  AK's are normally swamped with JA's when 6m is open, so they just don't hear the Lower 48, especially the midwest and east coast signals.  All stations uploaded to LoTW within an hour or so.