Competitions · United States

Aliso Niguel Summer 2024

Aliso Viejo, California · 8 September 2024 · 5 events · 151 competitors · 183 personal bests

Max Park won three of the five events (3×3, 4×4, 3×3 one-handed) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Kyeongmin Choi (최경민) by 0.26 seconds. 151 competitors produced 183 personal bests, 84 of which still stand today, and 28 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Michael Soria took a Pyraminx single of 24.17 down to 9.03, 63 percent better in one day.

Three wins

Max Park — 3×3, 4×4, 3×3 one-handed

0.26s

closest final — 2×2, Kyeongmin Choi (최경민) over Remy Trieu

183

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Max Park	5.31	5.75
2×2	Kyeongmin Choi (최경민)	1.07	1.48
4×4	Max Park	19.60	20.44
3×3 one-handed	Max Park	9.23	9.79
Pyraminx	Daxton Westlake	1.91	2.46

The PB harvest

183 set · 84 still standing

Dylan Garcia — 3×3 single 5.81: into the top 0.38% of the event's history.
Aayush Manish Bathija — 3×3 single 6.58: into the top 0.92% of the event's history.
Josiah Liao — 3×3 single 6.97: into the top 1.3% of the event's history.
Jacob Antonio — 3×3 single 7.03: into the top 1.4% of the event's history.
Ethan Yeh — 2×2 single 1.39: into the top 1.7% of the event's history.
Anthony Ahn — 3×3 single 7.38: into the top 1.8% of the event's history.
Geist McGehee — 3×3 single 7.92: into the top 2.6% of the event's history.
Blake Liu — 3×3 single 8.01: into the top 2.8% of the event's history.

First-timers

28 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 32,954 people who made their debut in 2024. 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

151 competitors · 795 results · 5 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. Max Park won it with a 5.75 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

151 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.