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Competitions · United States

Cubing with Manatees 2020

Lecanto, Florida · 18 January 2020 · 8 events · 74 competitors · 106 personal bests

Tommy Cherry won four of the eight events (3×3, 3×3 blindfolded, Pyraminx) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Sean Hartman by 0.08 seconds. 74 competitors produced 106 personal bests, 56 of which still stand today, and 21 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Patrick Walsh took a 2×2 single of 12.46 down to 4.97, 60 percent better in one day.

Four wins
Tommy Cherry — 3×3, 3×3 blindfolded, Pyraminx, Square-1
0.08s
closest final — 2×2, Sean Hartman over Tommy Cherry
106
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Tommy Cherry6.307.31
2×2Sean Hartman1.702.37
4×4Katie Hull25.6729.00
3×3 blindfoldedTommy Cherry20.4324.39
3×3 one-handedSean Hartman12.3914.41
MegaminxHeewon Seo38.9941.18
PyraminxTommy Cherry2.683.58
Square-1Tommy Cherry6.328.30

The PB harvest

106 set · 56 still standing
  • Sumanth Chandrupatla — 3×3 single 6.64: into the top 0.97% of the event's history.
  • Heewon Seo — 3×3 one-handed single 12.29: into the top 3.4% of the event's history.
  • Wyatt Williams — 2×2 single 2.15: into the top 5.8% of the event's history.
  • Schwyn Ratanakarn — 3×3 single 9.95: into the top 7.3% of the event's history.
  • Matias Aaron Colen — 3×3 single 10.63: into the top 9.4% of the event's history.
  • Andres Alvarez — Pyraminx single 4.37: into the top 9.6% of the event's history.
  • Misael Jeremías Luque Montero — 3×3 single 10.72: into the top 9.6% of the event's history.
  • Travis Walls — 3×3 one-handed single 16.20: into the top 10.7% of the event's history.

First-timers

21 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 4,608 people who made their debut in 2020. 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

74 competitors · 442 results · 8 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. Tommy Cherry won it with a 7.31 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

74 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.