Competitions · United States

Bay Area Speedcubin' 24 2020

Sunnyvale, California · 15 February 2020 · 7 events · 117 competitors · 110 personal bests

Christopher Yen won two of the seven events (3×3, 4×4) and the closest final was the Pyraminx, won by Siddharth Manchkanti by 0.09 seconds. 117 competitors produced 110 personal bests, 52 of which still stand today, and 16 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Ethan Varma took a 3×3 one-handed single of 1:23.10 down to 30.74, 63 percent better in one day.

Two wins

Christopher Yen — 3×3, 4×4

0.09s

closest final — Pyraminx, Siddharth Manchkanti over Cameron Miller (梅克龍)

110

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Christopher Yen	6.26	7.36
4×4	Christopher Yen	27.68	30.28
6×6	An Le	2:02.00	2:15.25
3×3 one-handed	Zhouheng Sun (孙舟横)	11.21	12.85
Clock	Abhimanyu Singhal	7.69	8.82
Megaminx	Michael Chai (柴天方)	48.63	53.61
Pyraminx	Siddharth Manchkanti	3.21	3.79

The PB harvest

110 set · 52 still standing

Edward Lin — 4×4 single 26.38: into the top 1.1% of the event's history.
Will Newhoff — 4×4 single 28.18: into the top 1.9% of the event's history.
Will Newhoff — Pyraminx single 3.53: into the top 5.6% of the event's history.
Ryan Yoon — 3×3 single 9.86: into the top 7.1% of the event's history.
Shubhan Chari — 3×3 single 10.88: into the top 10.1% of the event's history.
Larry Ma — 3×3 single 10.88: into the top 10.1% of the event's history.
Alexander Eckinger — 3×3 one-handed single 15.97: into the top 10.2% of the event's history.
Joaquim Reeves — Pyraminx single 4.97: into the top 13.0% of the event's history.

First-timers

16 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

117 competitors · 489 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. Christopher Yen won it with a 7.36 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

117 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.