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An Afternoon in Cambridge 2024

Cambridge, Massachusetts · 1 June 2024 · 4 events · 35 competitors · 22 personal bests

Gabriel Garber Burd won the 5×5 with a 1:05.92 and the closest final was the Square-1, won by Joshua Broderick Phillips by 0.76 seconds. 35 competitors produced 22 personal bests, 5 of which still stand today.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Mike Zheng took a Square-1 single of 58.62 down to 35.50, 39 percent better in one day.

4
events decided
0.76s
closest final — Square-1, Joshua Broderick Phillips over Tommy Szeliga
22
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
5×5Gabriel Garber Burd59.531:05.92
3×3 blindfoldedJoey Mait49.79
ClockBrendan Lee4.315.19
Square-1Joshua Broderick Phillips10.0112.41

The PB harvest

22 set · 5 still standing
  • Francesca Magnarelli — Square-1 single 9.83: into the top 5.8% of the event's history.
  • James Wang — 5×5 single 1:19.77: into the top 18.9% of the event's history.
  • James Wang — Clock single 10.91: into the top 29.7% of the event's history.
  • Mike Zheng — Square-1 single 35.50: into the top 59.2% of the event's history.
  • Teddy Hsu — 3×3 blindfolded single 4:31.03: into the top 74.6% of the event's history.

First-timers

No people competed for the first time at this competition. 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

35 competitors · 122 results · 4 events.

Everyone who competed

35 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.