Competitions · United States

Cubing with the Viking 2020

Salem, Massachusetts · 22 February 2020 · 5 events · 89 competitors · 81 personal bests

Cameron Soulagnet won four of the five events (4×4, 5×5, 6×6) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Sandy Aaron Jones by 0.95 seconds. 89 competitors produced 81 personal bests, 29 of which still stand today, and 19 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Josh Flagg took a 5×5 single of 3:16.30 down to 1:30.27, 54 percent better in one day.

Four wins

Cameron Soulagnet — 4×4, 5×5, 6×6, 7×7

0.95s

closest final — 3×3, Sandy Aaron Jones over Tim Wong

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Sandy Aaron Jones	7.64	8.20
4×4	Cameron Soulagnet	29.16	33.26
5×5	Cameron Soulagnet	54.07	1:02.71
6×6	Cameron Soulagnet	1:45.01	1:57.24
7×7	Cameron Soulagnet	2:31.37	2:45.57

The PB harvest

81 set · 29 still standing

Sandy Aaron Jones — 3×3 single 6.59: into the top 0.93% of the event's history.
Nicholas Tran — 3×3 single 6.76: into the top 1.1% of the event's history.
Tim Wong — 4×4 single 27.80: into the top 1.7% of the event's history.
Juan F. Wulff — 3×3 single 7.94: into the top 2.7% of the event's history.
Will Bowen — 3×3 single 8.76: into the top 4.3% of the event's history.
Tim Wong — 6×6 single 1:51.18: into the top 7.6% of the event's history.
Joshua Zhang — 4×4 single 36.72: into the top 8.4% of the event's history.
Nicholas Tran — 4×4 single 38.42: into the top 10.2% of the event's history.

First-timers

19 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

89 competitors · 316 results · 5 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. Sandy Aaron Jones won it with a 8.20 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

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solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

89 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.