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Battle at Fort Hays KS 2024

Hays, Kansas · 14 September 2024 · 7 events · 26 competitors · 40 personal bests

Aaron Huynh won two of the seven events (3×3, 4×4) and the closest final was the Clock, won by Trenton Cuzick by 0.78 seconds. 26 competitors produced 40 personal bests, 12 of which still stand today, and three people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Trent Cline took a Clock single of 20.12 down to 11.27, 44 percent better in one day.

Two wins
Aaron Huynh — 3×3, 4×4
0.78s
closest final — Clock, Trenton Cuzick over Kian Cline
40
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Aaron Huynh6.066.63
4×4Aaron Huynh25.5429.80
3×3 blindfoldedBen Erwin1:34.24
ClockTrenton Cuzick4.885.78
MegaminxAugust Phye55.351:00.62
PyraminxMaverick Winship2.573.95
Square-1Kian Cline8.909.34

The PB harvest

40 set · 12 still standing
  • Chaeli Baker — Clock single 4.91: into the top 4.2% of the event's history.
  • August Phye — Megaminx single 52.25: into the top 6.1% of the event's history.
  • Liam O'Leary — Pyraminx single 3.96: into the top 7.5% of the event's history.
  • Christian Nguyen — 3×3 single 11.21: into the top 11.1% of the event's history.
  • Isaac Wesolowski — 3×3 single 11.69: into the top 12.8% of the event's history.
  • Nick Dao — 3×3 single 17.12: into the top 31.4% of the event's history.
  • Connor Nguyen — Clock single 11.53: into the top 32.7% of the event's history.
  • Connor Nguyen — 3×3 single 17.81: into the top 33.5% of the event's history.

First-timers

Three 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

26 competitors · 205 results · 7 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. Aaron Huynh won it with a 6.63 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

26 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.