Competitions · United States

CubingUSA Nationals 2018

Salt Lake City, Utah · 27 July 2018 · 18 events · 634 competitors · 1020 personal bests

Max Park won five of the 18 events (4×4, 5×5, 6×6) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Rami Sbahi by 0.12 seconds. 634 competitors produced 1020 personal bests, 254 of which still stand today.

The moment

A world record

Daniel Karnaukh set the Square-1 single world record: 5.49.

Five wins

Max Park — 4×4, 5×5, 6×6, 7×7, 3×3 one-handed

0.12s

closest final — 2×2, Rami Sbahi over Luke Van Laningham

1020

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Feliks Zemdegs	5.46	6.28
2×2	Rami Sbahi	1.48	1.74
4×4	Max Park	22.78	23.66
5×5	Max Park	41.86	44.32
6×6	Max Park	1:19.63	1:20.97
7×7	Max Park	1:56.92	2:00.70
3×3 blindfolded	Jeff Park	17.90	21.56
3×3 Fewest Moves	Chris Chi	24 moves	25.00
3×3 one-handed	Max Park	9.65	10.26
Clock	Evan Liu	5.02	5.75
Megaminx	Juan Pablo Huanqui	30.76	32.84
Pyraminx	Daniel Goodman	2.18	2.70
Skewb	Michał Rzewuski	1.95	2.93
Square-1	Daniel Karnaukh	7.06	8.71
4×4 blindfolded	Stanley Chapel	1:41.63	—
5×5 blindfolded	Stanley Chapel	3:45.42	—
3×3 Multi-Blind	Graham Siggins	40 of 46 cubes · 56:50	—
3×3 with feet	Daniel Rose-Levine	17.28	24.64

The PB harvest

1020 set · 254 still standing

Aiden Bartlett — Skewb single 1.58: into the top 0.55% of the event's history.
Cory Yurkovic — Skewb single 1.74: into the top 0.81% of the event's history.
Benjamin Kyle — 2×2 single 1.26: into the top 1.2% of the event's history.
Joey Stahl — Skewb single 2.05: into the top 1.5% of the event's history.
Matthew Harris — 2×2 single 1.47: into the top 2.0% of the event's history.
Aidan Cerenzie — Skewb single 2.25: into the top 2.1% of the event's history.
Nick Stoker — Pyraminx single 2.72: into the top 2.8% of the event's history.
Varun Mohanraj — Skewb single 2.47: into the top 2.8% of the event's history.

First-timers

No people competed for the first time at this competition. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

12 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

634 competitors · 5335 results · 18 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. Feliks Zemdegs won it with a 6.28 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

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solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

634 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.