Competitions · United States

Bay Area Speedcubin' 22 2019

Daly City, California · 21 December 2019 · 6 events · 101 competitors · 80 personal bests

Max Park won four of the six events (3×3, 4×4, 5×5) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Varun Mohanraj by 0.25 seconds. 101 competitors produced 80 personal bests, 36 of which still stand today, and 26 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Vahan Sargsyan took a 3×3 single of 1:04.44 down to 20.92, 68 percent better in one day.

Four wins

Max Park — 3×3, 4×4, 5×5, 3×3 one-handed

0.25s

closest final — 2×2, Varun Mohanraj over Tyler Howlett

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Max Park	5.66	5.87
2×2	Varun Mohanraj	1.39	1.84
4×4	Max Park	22.39	23.05
5×5	Max Park	39.09	44.36
3×3 one-handed	Max Park	10.31	10.69
Square-1	Calix Tang	6.72	7.34

The PB harvest

80 set · 36 still standing

Calix Tang — Square-1 single 6.72: into the top 1.4% of the event's history.
Evan Mann — 4×4 single 27.16: into the top 1.4% of the event's history.
Will Hamilton — 2×2 single 1.51: into the top 2.2% of the event's history.
Richard Jay S. Apagar — 5×5 single 52.41: into the top 2.5% of the event's history.
Vividh Sriram — 3×3 single 8.21: into the top 3.2% of the event's history.
Vividh Sriram — 2×2 single 2.04: into the top 5.0% of the event's history.
Chuokai Liu (刘逴锴) — 3×3 single 9.40: into the top 5.8% of the event's history.
Will Newhoff — Square-1 single 10.60: into the top 7.2% of the event's history.

First-timers

26 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 27,871 people who made their debut in 2019. 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

101 competitors · 461 results · 6 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. Max Park won it with a 5.87 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

101 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.