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Competitions · United States

Berkeley Summer 2018

Berkeley, California · 15 September 2018 · 14 events · 160 competitors · 216 personal bests

Max Park won five of the 14 events (3×3, 4×4, 5×5) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Varun Mohanraj by 0.15 seconds. 160 competitors produced 216 personal bests, 72 of which still stand today, and 35 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A world record

Max Park set the 3×3 one-handed average world record: 9.42.

Five wins
Max Park — 3×3, 4×4, 5×5, 6×6, 3×3 one-handed
0.15s
closest final — 2×2, Varun Mohanraj over Christopher Yen
216
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Max Park5.646.77
2×2Varun Mohanraj1.882.12
4×4Max Park22.8924.72
5×5Max Park40.6244.92
6×6Max Park1:20.991:25.97
3×3 blindfoldedNeel Gore22.1727.52
3×3 one-handedMax Park7.669.85
ClockAbhimanyu Singhal6.558.01
MegaminxIsaac Langer41.2247.88
PyraminxAaron Paskow2.973.61
SkewbZeke Miller3.423.92
Square-1Sophie Chan7.449.54
3×3 Multi-BlindGraham Siggins34 of 42 cubes · 58:53—
3×3 with feetRiley Woo53.911:04.31

The PB harvest

216 set · 72 still standing
  • Graham Siggins — Pyraminx single 2.48: into the top 2.1% of the event's history.
  • Zeke Miller — Pyraminx single 2.49: into the top 2.2% of the event's history.
  • Saheb Sabharwal — Pyraminx single 2.96: into the top 3.5% of the event's history.
  • Abhimanyu Singhal — Pyraminx single 2.99: into the top 3.6% of the event's history.
  • Amesh Pandey — Pyraminx single 3.64: into the top 6.0% of the event's history.
  • Assaf Shaham — 2×2 single 2.36: into the top 7.6% of the event's history.
  • Aidan Greathouse — Pyraminx single 4.02: into the top 7.8% of the event's history.
  • Reuben San Luis — 3×3 one-handed single 14.90: into the top 7.9% of the event's history.

First-timers

35 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 26,076 people who made their debut in 2018. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

2 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

160 competitors · 870 results · 14 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 6.77 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

160 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.