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Apple Cider Open MA 2024

Ashfield, Massachusetts · 22 June 2024 · 5 events · 39 competitors · 30 personal bests

Alexei Sinyavin won two of the five events (3×3, Megaminx) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Chris Chi by 0.00 seconds. 39 competitors produced 30 personal bests, 14 of which still stand today, and 14 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A continental record

Alexei Sinyavin set the Megaminx average continental record: 27.92.

Two wins
Alexei Sinyavin — 3×3, Megaminx
0.00s
closest final — 2×2, Chris Chi over Aedan Bryant
30
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Alexei Sinyavin6.127.99
2×2Chris Chi1.182.06
6×6Jeffrey Li1:24.421:27.77
MegaminxAlexei Sinyavin26.9327.92
SkewbSaisabari Ramesh2.973.38

The PB harvest

30 set · 14 still standing
  • Margot Audero — 2×2 single 1.94: into the top 4.4% of the event's history.
  • Paul Seaman — 3×3 single 9.80: into the top 6.9% of the event's history.
  • Jeffrey Li — Skewb single 3.62: into the top 8.4% of the event's history.
  • Bobby Kiernan — Skewb single 5.02: into the top 18.3% of the event's history.
  • Gordon R. Holey — 2×2 single 3.53: into the top 20.6% of the event's history.
  • Chase Allen — Skewb single 6.11: into the top 26.6% of the event's history.
  • Kevin Veronneau — Skewb single 6.59: into the top 30.4% of the event's history.
  • Elias Kulp — Megaminx single 1:50.33: into the top 40.5% of the event's history.

First-timers

14 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

1 regional record was set at this competition.

The field

39 competitors · 222 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. Alexei Sinyavin won it with a 7.99 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

39 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.