Competitions · United States

Berkeley Summer 2024

Berkeley, California · 9 June 2024 · 7 events · 154 competitors · 136 personal bests

Varun Mohanraj won three of the seven events (3×3, 5×5, 6×6) and the closest final was the Skewb, won by Rahul Bollini by 0.11 seconds. 154 competitors produced 136 personal bests, 47 of which still stand today, and 30 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Armaan Qasim took a Square-1 single of 48.42 down to 20.14, 58 percent better in one day.

Three wins

Varun Mohanraj — 3×3, 5×5, 6×6

0.11s

closest final — Skewb, Rahul Bollini over Cameron Miller (梅克龍)

136

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Varun Mohanraj	5.68	6.52
5×5	Varun Mohanraj	42.83	49.43
6×6	Varun Mohanraj	1:28.65	1:33.54
3×3 one-handed	Anto Kam (甘浩東)	9.78	10.60
Megaminx	Nico Harper (李有為)	31.12	35.58
Skewb	Rahul Bollini	2.68	4.45
Square-1	Calvin Nielson	5.67	8.01

The PB harvest

136 set · 47 still standing

Roei Hammel — 3×3 single 5.33: into the top 0.2% of the event's history.
Will Newhoff — 3×3 one-handed single 9.87: into the top 0.97% of the event's history.
Nico Harper (李有為) — 3×3 one-handed single 10.78: into the top 1.6% of the event's history.
Yuanrui Zhang — 3×3 single 7.34: into the top 1.8% of the event's history.
Randy Zhong — 3×3 one-handed single 11.56: into the top 2.5% of the event's history.
Rahul Bollini — Skewb single 2.68: into the top 3.5% of the event's history.
Gurshan Singh — 3×3 one-handed single 13.41: into the top 5.1% of the event's history.
Micah Lee — 3×3 single 9.43: into the top 5.9% of the event's history.

First-timers

30 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

154 competitors · 667 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. Varun Mohanraj won it with a 6.52 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

154 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.