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Big Cube Battle of Waterloo 2024

Waterloo, Iowa · 27 January 2024 · 6 events · 90 competitors · 85 personal bests

Brian Johnson won three of the six events (3×3, 4×4, 3×3 one-handed) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Carter Kucala by 0.20 seconds. 90 competitors produced 85 personal bests, 30 of which still stand today, and 28 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Mason Boots took a 2×2 single of 21.07 down to 7.28, 65 percent better in one day.

Three wins
Brian Johnson — 3×3, 4×4, 3×3 one-handed
0.20s
closest final — 2×2, Carter Kucala over Brian Johnson
85
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Brian Johnson5.867.04
2×2Carter Kucala1.172.01
4×4Brian Johnson25.3928.92
5×5Ethan Cho48.9152.86
6×6Ethan Cho1:33.361:36.31
3×3 one-handedBrian Johnson10.2811.14

The PB harvest

85 set · 30 still standing
  • Cale Schoon — 3×3 single 6.62: into the top 0.96% of the event's history.
  • Cale Schoon — 4×4 single 30.72: into the top 3.3% of the event's history.
  • Luke Brunsvold — 3×3 one-handed single 13.08: into the top 4.5% of the event's history.
  • Luke Brunsvold — 2×2 single 2.61: into the top 10.0% of the event's history.
  • Carter Patterson — 2×2 single 2.62: into the top 10.1% of the event's history.
  • Luke Brunsvold — 5×5 single 1:15.00: into the top 15.3% of the event's history.
  • Ezra Lauritzson — 6×6 single 2:11.91: into the top 16.2% of the event's history.
  • Griffin Pierce McMahon — 3×3 single 14.12: into the top 21.4% of the event's history.

First-timers

28 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 · 454 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. Brian Johnson won it with a 7.04 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

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.