Competitions · United States

Berkeley Winter 2018

Berkeley, California · 24 February 2018 · 14 events · 160 competitors · 226 personal bests

Max Park won six of the 14 events (3×3, 4×4, 5×5) and the closest final was the Skewb, won by Eva Kato by 0.02 seconds. 160 competitors produced 226 personal bests, 72 of which still stand today, and 33 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Richard Jay S. Apagar set the 2×2 single national record: 1.19.

Six wins

Max Park — 3×3, 4×4, 5×5, 6×6, 7×7, 3×3 one-handed

0.02s

closest final — Skewb, Eva Kato over Zeke Miller

226

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Max Park	6.49	6.95
2×2	Varun Mohanraj	1.07	2.45
4×4	Max Park	23.29	23.65
5×5	Max Park	46.04	50.67
6×6	Max Park	1:21.04	1:30.93
7×7	Max Park	2:12.51	2:19.13
3×3 blindfolded	Ishaan Agrawal	23.70	—
3×3 Fewest Moves	Jacob Posner	32 moves	—
3×3 one-handed	Max Park	9.95	10.73
Megaminx	Tessa Cookmeyer	51.25	53.31
Pyraminx	Aaron Paskow	4.42	4.85
Skewb	Eva Kato	4.64	4.99
Square-1	Eva Kato	8.08	10.09
3×3 with feet	Eva Kato	40.70	50.77

The PB harvest

226 set · 72 still standing

Richard Jay S. Apagar — 3×3 single 5.71: into the top 0.34% of the event's history.
Eva Kato — 2×2 single 0.91: into the top 0.39% of the event's history.
Christopher Yen — 2×2 single 1.04: into the top 0.64% of the event's history.
Sophie Chan — 2×2 single 1.04: into the top 0.64% of the event's history.
Richard Jay S. Apagar — 2×2 single 1.19: into the top 1.0% of the event's history.
Nathan Nakaguchi — 2×2 single 1.36: into the top 1.6% of the event's history.
Nicholas Daneshvari — 2×2 single 1.55: into the top 2.4% of the event's history.
Jaden Ahn — 2×2 single 1.61: into the top 2.6% of the event's history.

First-timers

33 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 · 874 results · 14 events.

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.