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Back in Boise 2024

Boise, Idaho · 2 March 2024 · 9 events · 61 competitors · 105 personal bests

Wade Hawkins won two of the nine events (3×3, 3×3 one-handed) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by James Wei by 0.03 seconds. 61 competitors produced 105 personal bests, 30 of which still stand today, and eleven people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Matthias Moore took a Pyraminx single of 14.98 down to 6.91, 54 percent better in one day.

Two wins
Wade Hawkins — 3×3, 3×3 one-handed
0.03s
closest final — 2×2, James Wei over Eduardo Garcia
105
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Wade Hawkins7.187.80
2×2James Wei2.993.41
4×4Eduardo Garcia34.3536.95
5×5Eduardo Garcia1:04.031:08.69
3×3 one-handedWade Hawkins12.4112.85
ClockWilson Hettinger4.306.53
MegaminxCade Beck1:05.331:10.24
PyraminxCorbin Rodriguez2.153.43
Square-1Isaac Buck11.4013.36

The PB harvest

105 set · 30 still standing
  • Wade Hawkins — 5×5 single 56.06: into the top 3.7% of the event's history.
  • Damian Wilding — Square-1 single 9.98: into the top 6.0% of the event's history.
  • Brock Burgi — Square-1 single 12.37: into the top 10.6% of the event's history.
  • Wade Hawkins — Megaminx single 1:03.08: into the top 11.6% of the event's history.
  • Caius Vasconcelos — Clock single 7.59: into the top 13.3% of the event's history.
  • Nathan Haban — Square-1 single 13.93: into the top 14.0% of the event's history.
  • Mark Richey — 3×3 single 13.02: into the top 17.5% of the event's history.
  • Trayton Clark — 2×2 single 3.30: into the top 17.8% of the event's history.

First-timers

Eleven 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

No national, continental or world records were set at this competition. That is true of most competitions.

The field

61 competitors · 349 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. Wade Hawkins won it with a 7.80 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

61 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.