Competitions · United States

Bull City Summer NC 2024

Durham, North Carolina · 7 September 2024 · 5 events · 107 competitors · 130 personal bests

Michael Nielsen won two of the five events (3×3, 2×2) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Michael Nielsen by 0.03 seconds. 107 competitors produced 130 personal bests, 59 of which still stand today, and 19 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Rebecca Lam took a 2×2 single of 5.53 down to 1.90, 66 percent better in one day.

Two wins

Michael Nielsen — 3×3, 2×2

0.03s

closest final — 2×2, Michael Nielsen over Zachary Ochs

130

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Michael Nielsen	6.78	7.24
2×2	Michael Nielsen	1.16	1.46
4×4	Ashten Jampayas	24.88	27.13
Clock	Fiona Bao	3.01	3.64
Pyraminx	Kerry Creech	1.78	2.00

The PB harvest

130 set · 59 still standing

Kino Deligero — 3×3 single 6.83: into the top 1.1% of the event's history.
Oliver Ciceraro — 2×2 single 1.53: into the top 2.3% of the event's history.
Bhuvanesh Ganta — Clock single 4.09: into the top 2.5% of the event's history.
Bhuvanesh Ganta — Pyraminx single 2.66: into the top 2.6% of the event's history.
Ashten Jampayas — Clock single 4.82: into the top 4.0% of the event's history.
Rebecca Lam — 2×2 single 1.90: into the top 4.1% of the event's history.
Rebecca Lam — 3×3 single 8.98: into the top 4.8% of the event's history.
Andy Vanunu — 3×3 single 9.11: into the top 5.1% of the event's history.

First-timers

19 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

107 competitors · 583 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. Michael Nielsen won it with a 7.24 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

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.