Competitions · United States

Barely Awake Boulder 2024

Boulder, Colorado · 27 January 2024 · 13 events · 126 competitors · 208 personal bests

Jacob Nokes won five of the 13 events (3×3, 4×4, 5×5) and the closest final was the Clock, won by Kaemon Vita by 0.07 seconds. 126 competitors produced 208 personal bests, 62 of which still stand today, and 19 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Alex Moscibroda set the Clock single national record: 3.86.

Five wins

Jacob Nokes — 3×3, 4×4, 5×5, 6×6, 7×7

0.07s

closest final — Clock, Kaemon Vita over Alex Moscibroda

208

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Jacob Nokes	7.05	7.30
2×2	Brayden Wroten	1.85	2.10
4×4	Jacob Nokes	23.22	27.67
5×5	Jacob Nokes	50.77	54.28
6×6	Jacob Nokes	1:24.38	1:34.88
7×7	Jacob Nokes	2:24.76	2:34.27
3×3 blindfolded	David Karalli (داود قراعلي)	22.22	—
3×3 one-handed	Livia Kleiner	13.20	13.93
Clock	Kaemon Vita	4.16	4.63
Megaminx	Livia Kleiner	45.27	49.41
Pyraminx	Livia Kleiner	2.13	2.57
Skewb	Brayden Wroten	1.58	2.50
Square-1	Oliver Michael Sitja Sichel	8.68	11.32

The PB harvest

208 set · 62 still standing

David Brady — Square-1 single 11.44: into the top 8.7% of the event's history.
Braedyn Davis — Pyraminx single 4.28: into the top 9.1% of the event's history.
Stephen Cowan — Pyraminx single 4.69: into the top 11.3% of the event's history.
Cameron Popp — Clock single 7.13: into the top 11.4% of the event's history.
Jake Lee — Square-1 single 14.54: into the top 15.3% of the event's history.
Jacob Faulkner — Pyraminx single 5.83: into the top 18.7% of the event's history.
Draco Tong — 2×2 single 3.42: into the top 19.2% of the event's history.
Isaac Anderson — 2×2 single 3.52: into the top 20.5% of the event's history.

First-timers

19 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

2 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

126 competitors · 1222 results · 13 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. Jacob Nokes won it with a 7.30 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

126 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.