Competitions · United States

Arcadia Summer 2019

Glenside, Pennsylvania · 22 June 2019 · 5 events · 76 competitors · 73 personal bests

Brandon Nunez won two of the five events (4×4, 5×5) and the closest final was the 3×3 one-handed, won by Cory Yurkovic by 0.28 seconds. 76 competitors produced 73 personal bests, 19 of which still stand today, and 15 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Alex Niedland took a Megaminx single of 2:26.33 down to 1:39.34, 32 percent better in one day.

Two wins

Brandon Nunez — 4×4, 5×5

0.28s

closest final — 3×3 one-handed, Cory Yurkovic over Daniel Karnaukh

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Krish Shah-Nathwani	7.39	8.08
4×4	Brandon Nunez	26.18	30.13
5×5	Brandon Nunez	49.41	51.68
3×3 one-handed	Cory Yurkovic	11.61	16.11
Megaminx	AJ Kamal	44.46	47.30

The PB harvest

73 set · 19 still standing

Anish Suresh — 3×3 single 9.61: into the top 6.4% of the event's history.
Michael Robinson — 3×3 single 10.43: into the top 8.7% of the event's history.
Damian Bias — 3×3 single 11.38: into the top 11.7% of the event's history.
Mike Kotch — 4×4 single 40.79: into the top 13.0% of the event's history.
Sucheth Seethalla — 3×3 single 12.04: into the top 14.0% of the event's history.
Sucheth Seethalla — Megaminx single 1:16.14: into the top 19.4% of the event's history.
Jake DeMatteo — 3×3 single 14.82: into the top 23.8% of the event's history.
Aaron Macko — 3×3 one-handed single 23.00: into the top 28.8% of the event's history.

First-timers

15 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 27,871 people who made their debut in 2019. 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

76 competitors · 313 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. Krish Shah-Nathwani won it with a 8.08 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

76 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.