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Brooklyn 2018

Brooklyn, New York · 8 July 2018 · 6 events · 115 competitors · 91 personal bests

Patrick Ponce won three of the six events (3×3, 4×4, 5×5) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Eva Kato by 0.10 seconds. 115 competitors produced 91 personal bests, 33 of which still stand today, and 31 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Archith Raman took a 2×2 single of 9.22 down to 4.94, 46 percent better in one day.

Three wins
Patrick Ponce — 3×3, 4×4, 5×5
0.10s
closest final — 2×2, Eva Kato over Daniel Karnaukh
91
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Patrick Ponce6.326.77
2×2Eva Kato1.132.55
4×4Patrick Ponce23.5727.03
5×5Patrick Ponce49.2455.20
3×3 one-handedDaniel Rose-Levine10.2512.72
Square-1Daniel Karnaukh7.638.99

The PB harvest

91 set · 33 still standing
  • Kymberlyn Calderon — 2×2 single 0.93: into the top 0.43% of the event's history.
  • Sam Schultz — 3×3 single 8.76: into the top 4.3% of the event's history.
  • Robert Curtis-Hardy — 2×2 single 2.46: into the top 8.5% of the event's history.
  • Landon Mays — 2×2 single 2.81: into the top 12.1% of the event's history.
  • Riley Callis — 2×2 single 2.88: into the top 12.9% of the event's history.
  • Tarun Ganeshkumar — 2×2 single 3.15: into the top 16.0% of the event's history.
  • Carol Hon — 3×3 single 12.87: into the top 17.0% of the event's history.
  • Kyle Steppe — 3×3 one-handed single 19.06: into the top 18.0% of the event's history.

First-timers

31 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

No national, continental or world records were set at this competition. That is true of most competitions.

The field

115 competitors · 542 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 6.77 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

115 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.