Competitions · United States

CubingUSA Nationals 2019

Baltimore, Maryland · 1 August 2019 · 18 events · 751 competitors · 987 personal bests

Max Park won five of the 18 events (4×4, 5×5, 6×6) and the closest final was the Skewb, won by Leo Min-Bedford by 0.01 seconds. 751 competitors produced 987 personal bests, 310 of which still stand today, and one people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A world record

Max Hilliard set the 3×3 blindfolded single world record: 15.50.

Five wins

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

0.01s

closest final — Skewb, Leo Min-Bedford over Carter Kucala

987

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Patrick Ponce	6.94	7.05
2×2	Will Callan	1.24	1.48
4×4	Max Park	21.61	22.77
5×5	Max Park	38.96	43.07
6×6	Max Park	1:17.41	1:19.21
7×7	Max Park	1:51.58	2:00.60
3×3 blindfolded	Max Hilliard	15.50	18.89
3×3 Fewest Moves	Cale Schoon	23 moves	24.33
3×3 one-handed	Max Park	10.49	10.81
Clock	Stanley Chapel	4.77	5.15
Megaminx	Nicolas Naing	31.08	32.47
Pyraminx	John Gaynor	2.03	2.78
Skewb	Leo Min-Bedford	2.66	3.05
Square-1	Ethan Erez	6.70	7.99
4×4 blindfolded	Stanley Chapel	1:06.84	1:21.12
5×5 blindfolded	Stanley Chapel	2:50.32	—
3×3 Multi-Blind	Graham Siggins	51 of 54 cubes · 58:12	—
3×3 with feet	Daniel Rose-Levine	20.12	21.51

The PB harvest

987 set · 310 still standing

Luke Van Laningham — 2×2 single 0.81: into the top 0.24% of the event's history.
Patrick Fischer — 2×2 single 1.24: into the top 1.2% of the event's history.
Zachary Ochs — 3×3 Fewest Moves single 22 moves: into the top 2.2% of the event's history.
Julianna Bennett — 2×2 single 1.77: into the top 3.4% of the event's history.
Melissa Su — 2×2 single 1.79: into the top 3.5% of the event's history.
Jacob Livai — 2×2 single 1.81: into the top 3.6% of the event's history.
Rory Dasher — 2×2 single 1.91: into the top 4.2% of the event's history.
Yusuf Ragab — 2×2 single 1.95: into the top 4.4% of the event's history.

First-timers

One person 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

19 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

751 competitors · 5669 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. Patrick Ponce won it with a 7.05 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

751 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.