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Boston University Winter 2019

Boston, Massachusetts · 12 January 2019 · 14 events · 114 competitors · 258 personal bests

Max Park won six of the 14 events (3×3, 4×4, 5×5) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Daniel Karnaukh by 0.00 seconds. 114 competitors produced 258 personal bests, 63 of which still stand today, and seven people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Will Russo took a 3×3 with feet single of 5:45.17 down to 1:50.63, 68 percent better in one day.

Six wins
Max Park — 3×3, 4×4, 5×5, 6×6, 7×7, 3×3 one-handed
0.00s
closest final — 2×2, Daniel Karnaukh over Daniel Rose-Levine
258
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Max Park5.496.42
2×2Daniel Karnaukh1.541.84
4×4Max Park18.8622.65
5×5Max Park42.6645.10
6×6Max Park1:17.821:22.54
7×7Max Park1:49.891:58.12
3×3 blindfoldedPaul Taylor24.73—
3×3 one-handedMax Park9.9010.48
ClockMatt Hudon8.559.89
MegaminxAlexei Sinyavin36.4441.78
PyraminxJoshua Broderick Phillips3.163.46
SkewbTy Marshall3.854.28
Square-1Daniel Karnaukh7.439.60
3×3 with feetDaniel Rose-Levine19.1324.23

The PB harvest

258 set · 63 still standing
  • Ty Marshall — 3×3 one-handed single 11.44: into the top 2.3% of the event's history.
  • Anders Olsen — Pyraminx single 3.30: into the top 4.7% of the event's history.
  • Francesca Magnarelli — 3×3 single 9.28: into the top 5.5% of the event's history.
  • Tyler Gula — Pyraminx single 4.10: into the top 8.2% of the event's history.
  • Akansh Karody — 2×2 single 2.51: into the top 9.0% of the event's history.
  • Evan McKenzie — 2×2 single 2.63: into the top 10.2% of the event's history.
  • Eli Chen — 2×2 single 2.71: into the top 11.0% of the event's history.
  • Hayden French — 3×3 single 11.22: into the top 11.2% of the event's history.

First-timers

Seven people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 27,871 people who made their debut in 2019. 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

114 competitors · 985 results · 14 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. Max Park won it with a 6.42 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

114 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.