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Cobb Cubes Again 2018

Mableton, Georgia · 22 September 2018 · 6 events · 73 competitors · 84 personal bests

Yi-Fan Wu (吳亦凡) won two of the six events (6×6, 7×7) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Nicolás Sánchez by 0.38 seconds. 73 competitors produced 84 personal bests, 21 of which still stand today, and 22 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Yi-Fan Wu (吳亦凡) set the 6×6 average national record: 1:44.81.

Two wins
Yi-Fan Wu (吳亦凡) — 6×6, 7×7
0.38s
closest final — 3×3, Nicolás Sánchez over Yi-Fan Wu (吳亦凡)
84
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Nicolás Sánchez6.957.74
6×6Yi-Fan Wu (吳亦凡)1:41.991:47.56
7×7Yi-Fan Wu (吳亦凡)2:44.372:52.71
ClockJacob Ambrose5.265.77
MegaminxJared Stinson42.9746.82
PyraminxKevin Min1.663.52

The PB harvest

84 set · 21 still standing
  • Sean Skinner — 3×3 single 6.89: into the top 1.2% of the event's history.
  • Samuel McKelvey — 3×3 single 10.51: into the top 9.0% of the event's history.
  • Ian Drake — 3×3 single 11.35: into the top 11.6% of the event's history.
  • Brandon Stephens — 3×3 single 12.27: into the top 14.8% of the event's history.
  • Didi Stone — Pyraminx single 5.28: into the top 14.9% of the event's history.
  • William Kilgren — 3×3 single 15.74: into the top 26.9% of the event's history.
  • Ian Drake — Pyraminx single 7.42: into the top 31.3% of the event's history.
  • Ian Gilham — Megaminx single 1:39.00: into the top 34.0% of the event's history.

First-timers

22 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

1 regional record was set at this competition.

The field

73 competitors · 311 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. Nicolás Sánchez won it with a 7.74 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

73 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.