Competitions · United States

AZCubing Open 2018

Phoenix, Arizona · 1 December 2018 · 4 events · 74 competitors · 64 personal bests

Caleb Hoffman won two of the four events (3×3, 4×4) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Moez Boussarsar by 0.81 seconds. 74 competitors produced 64 personal bests, 25 of which still stand today, and 25 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Ty Wilson took a Pyraminx single of 15.78 down to 5.87, 63 percent better in one day.

Two wins

Caleb Hoffman — 3×3, 4×4

0.81s

closest final — 2×2, Moez Boussarsar over Kyle Polage

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Caleb Hoffman	8.60	9.91
2×2	Moez Boussarsar	1.98	2.53
4×4	Caleb Hoffman	37.79	42.53
Pyraminx	Kyle Polage	2.93	3.37

The PB harvest

64 set · 25 still standing

Ty Wilson — 3×3 single 10.42: into the top 8.7% of the event's history.
Collin Amaral — 2×2 single 2.82: into the top 12.2% of the event's history.
Gabriel Ilano — Pyraminx single 5.80: into the top 18.5% of the event's history.
Gabriel Madrid — 3×3 single 13.36: into the top 18.7% of the event's history.
Ty Wilson — Pyraminx single 5.87: into the top 19.0% of the event's history.
Trevor Formy-Duval — 2×2 single 3.42: into the top 19.2% of the event's history.
Collin Amaral — 4×4 single 47.01: into the top 20.8% of the event's history.
Y-Minh Truong — 3×3 single 14.25: into the top 21.8% of the event's history.

First-timers

25 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

74 competitors · 264 results · 4 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. Caleb Hoffman won it with a 9.91 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

74 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.