Competitions · United States

Bethesda Summer Showdown 2024

Bethesda, Maryland · 29 June 2024 · 5 events · 90 competitors · 94 personal bests

Brayden Adams won the 3×3 with a 7.40 and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Zayn Khanani by 0.64 seconds. 90 competitors produced 94 personal bests, 33 of which still stand today, and three people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Ian Lees took a Clock single of 29.97 down to 13.40, 55 percent better in one day.

events decided

0.64s

closest final — 2×2, Zayn Khanani over Hassan Khanani

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Brayden Adams	6.26	7.40
2×2	Zayn Khanani	1.06	1.28
4×4	Waden Cho	25.35	26.44
Clock	Eric Hsu (徐玉云)	5.16	5.70
Square-1	Hassan Khanani	4.64	6.54

The PB harvest

94 set · 33 still standing

Griffin Kim — Clock single 4.01: into the top 2.3% of the event's history.
Oliver Bilinski — 3×3 single 8.21: into the top 3.2% of the event's history.
Antoni Pazgier — 3×3 single 8.84: into the top 4.5% of the event's history.
Danny Liu — 3×3 single 9.16: into the top 5.2% of the event's history.
Eric Hsu (徐玉云) — 4×4 single 39.22: into the top 11.2% of the event's history.
Jacob Tucker — Square-1 single 13.86: into the top 13.8% of the event's history.
Somil Varshney — Clock single 7.82: into the top 14.3% of the event's history.
Noah Giuliano — Clock single 8.52: into the top 17.6% of the event's history.

First-timers

Three 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

90 competitors · 473 results · 5 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. Brayden Adams won it with a 7.40 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

90 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.