Competitions · United States

Babylon Winter 2020

Babylon, New York · 29 February 2020 · 9 events · 96 competitors · 120 personal bests

Samuel Fang won two of the nine events (2×2, Square-1) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Andrew Bae by 0.09 seconds. 96 competitors produced 120 personal bests, 66 of which still stand today, and 18 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Owen Brooks took a Clock single of 21.93 down to 8.56, 61 percent better in one day.

Two wins

Samuel Fang — 2×2, Square-1

0.09s

closest final — 3×3, Andrew Bae over Krish Shah-Nathwani

120

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Andrew Bae	7.45	8.21
2×2	Samuel Fang	1.57	1.76
4×4	Chris Choi	27.39	30.22
3×3 blindfolded	Chris Choi	32.31	—
3×3 one-handed	Parker Trager	11.03	13.19
Clock	Keenan Johnson	7.93	8.67
Pyraminx	Saransh Grover	2.10	2.96
Skewb	Chris Chi	3.05	3.78
Square-1	Samuel Fang	6.39	7.93

The PB harvest

120 set · 66 still standing

Stephen Viray — 2×2 single 1.68: into the top 3.0% of the event's history.
Jackey Zheng — 3×3 single 8.77: into the top 4.3% of the event's history.
Jordan Vogel — 2×2 single 2.00: into the top 4.7% of the event's history.
Bilal Rashidzada — 3×3 single 9.83: into the top 7.0% of the event's history.
Evan Cedeno — 3×3 single 10.06: into the top 7.6% of the event's history.
Aarav Yadav — 3×3 single 11.63: into the top 12.6% of the event's history.
Rye Antonio — 3×3 single 11.66: into the top 12.7% of the event's history.
Michael Ho — 3×3 single 11.91: into the top 13.6% of the event's history.

First-timers

18 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 4,608 people who made their debut in 2020. 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

96 competitors · 588 results · 9 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. Andrew Bae won it with a 8.21 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

96 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.