Competitions · United States

Big Cube Bash 2017

Newark, New Jersey · 13 May 2017 · 6 events · 107 competitors · 130 personal bests

Patrick Ponce won three of the six events (3×3, 4×4, 5×5) and the closest final was the 3×3 one-handed, won by Justin Mallari by 0.66 seconds. 107 competitors produced 130 personal bests, 17 of which still stand today, and 15 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Cory Yurkovic took a 4×4 single of 1:33.75 down to 49.96, 47 percent better in one day.

Three wins

Patrick Ponce — 3×3, 4×4, 5×5

0.66s

closest final — 3×3 one-handed, Justin Mallari over Patrick Ponce

130

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Patrick Ponce	6.72	7.25
4×4	Patrick Ponce	24.72	29.26
5×5	Patrick Ponce	52.48	56.09
6×6	Aryan Kejriwal	1:48.00	1:55.85
7×7	Aryan Kejriwal	2:39.11	2:59.68
3×3 one-handed	Justin Mallari	10.72	12.19

The PB harvest

130 set · 17 still standing

Arjun Singh — 3×3 single 7.16: into the top 1.5% of the event's history.
Hans Hu — 3×3 single 10.50: into the top 9.0% of the event's history.
John Hu — 3×3 single 10.54: into the top 9.1% of the event's history.
Arjun Singh — 3×3 one-handed single 16.74: into the top 11.9% of the event's history.
Michael Temple — 3×3 single 13.76: into the top 20.1% of the event's history.
Ian Scheffler — 3×3 single 15.36: into the top 25.6% of the event's history.
Hans Hu — 3×3 one-handed single 22.10: into the top 26.3% of the event's history.
Phillip Bang — 3×3 single 16.20: into the top 28.5% of the event's history.

First-timers

15 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 23,482 people who made their debut in 2017. 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

107 competitors · 513 results · 6 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. Patrick Ponce won it with a 7.25 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

107 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.