Competitions · United States

Anaheim Fall 2018

Anaheim, California · 15 September 2018 · 10 events · 106 competitors · 122 personal bests

Danny SungIn Park won two of the ten events (3×3, 3×3 blindfolded) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Christopher Lai by 0.19 seconds. 106 competitors produced 122 personal bests, 50 of which still stand today, and 17 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Henry Helmuth took a Clock single of 33.10 down to 11.51, 65 percent better in one day.

Two wins

Danny SungIn Park — 3×3, 3×3 blindfolded

0.19s

closest final — 2×2, Christopher Lai over Graham Johnson

122

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Danny SungIn Park	6.62	7.19
2×2	Christopher Lai	1.79	2.43
3×3 blindfolded	Danny SungIn Park	1:13.12	1:38.91
3×3 Fewest Moves	Andrew Nathenson	23 moves	25.67
Clock	Robbie Villarica	6.94	8.74
Pyraminx	Scott Weston	2.28	3.39
Skewb	Jungwoo Kim (김정우)	3.55	4.34
Square-1	Michael Young	9.71	10.27
4×4 blindfolded	Andrew Nathenson	—	—
3×3 Multi-Blind	Nicholas Moreno	4 of 4 cubes · 31:10	—

The PB harvest

122 set · 50 still standing

Michael Young — Pyraminx single 2.40: into the top 1.9% of the event's history.
Tyler Vo — Pyraminx single 3.16: into the top 4.2% of the event's history.
Charlie Heffernan — 3×3 single 10.36: into the top 8.5% of the event's history.
Matthew Harris — 3×3 single 10.37: into the top 8.6% of the event's history.
Andrew Mitchell — 2×2 single 2.49: into the top 8.8% of the event's history.
Alfred Wang — 3×3 single 11.37: into the top 11.7% of the event's history.
Joshua Kwon — 2×2 single 2.82: into the top 12.2% of the event's history.
Dominic Morton — Square-1 single 13.75: into the top 13.6% of the event's history.

First-timers

17 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

106 competitors · 500 results · 10 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. Danny SungIn Park won it with a 7.19 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

106 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.