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CubingUSA Western Championship 2021

Provo, Utah · 26 November 2021 · 17 events · 151 competitors · 228 personal bests

Max Park won six of the 17 events (3×3, 4×4, 5×5) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Sameer Aggarwal by 0.04 seconds. 151 competitors produced 228 personal bests, 51 of which still stand today, and 44 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A world record

Max Park set the 4×4 single world record: 17.18.

Six wins
Max Park — 3×3, 4×4, 5×5, 6×6, 7×7, 3×3 one-handed
0.04s
closest final — 2×2, Sameer Aggarwal over Zayn Khanani
228
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Max Park4.795.57
2×2Sameer Aggarwal1.441.82
4×4Max Park16.8621.91
5×5Max Park38.2639.49
6×6Max Park1:11.321:19.24
7×7Max Park1:56.292:00.22
3×3 blindfoldedStanley Chapel20.04—
3×3 Fewest MovesCarter Kucala24 moves25.33
3×3 one-handedMax Park8.879.96
ClockOwen Yepeng Sun (孙叶芃)4.645.83
MegaminxKyeongmin Choi (최경민)33.9036.43
PyraminxOwen Yepeng Sun (孙叶芃)1.922.36
SkewbCarter Kucala1.832.06
Square-1Sameer Aggarwal5.846.53
4×4 blindfoldedStanley Chapel57.87—
5×5 blindfoldedStanley Chapel2:51.87—
3×3 Multi-BlindGraham Siggins51 of 63 cubes · 1:00:02—

The PB harvest

228 set · 51 still standing
  • Silas Emerian — 3×3 single 6.74: into the top 1.1% of the event's history.
  • Carson Burton — 3×3 single 8.82: into the top 4.5% of the event's history.
  • Preston Duke — Square-1 single 9.52: into the top 5.3% of the event's history.
  • Preston Duke — 3×3 one-handed single 13.60: into the top 5.4% of the event's history.
  • Connor Wilden — 3×3 one-handed single 14.07: into the top 6.2% of the event's history.
  • Benjamin Espinoza — 3×3 single 10.06: into the top 7.6% of the event's history.
  • William Henry Bany — 2×2 single 2.54: into the top 9.3% of the event's history.
  • Graham Kaplan — Skewb single 3.81: into the top 9.6% of the event's history.

First-timers

44 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 4,438 people who made their debut in 2021. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

18 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

151 competitors · 984 results · 17 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 5.57 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

151 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.