Competitions · United States

Cuyahoga Cubing 2019

Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio · 14 September 2019 · 7 events · 74 competitors · 121 personal bests

Drew Brads won four of the seven events (3×3, 4×4, 5×5) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Drew Brads by 0.09 seconds. 74 competitors produced 121 personal bests, 30 of which still stand today, and ten people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Charlie Fitz took a 2×2 single of 13.48 down to 4.44, 67 percent better in one day.

Four wins

Drew Brads — 3×3, 4×4, 5×5, Pyraminx

0.09s

closest final — 3×3, Drew Brads over Luke Garrett

121

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Drew Brads	6.17	6.81
2×2	Daniel Karnaukh	1.45	1.64
4×4	Drew Brads	23.10	30.01
5×5	Drew Brads	53.40	57.83
3×3 one-handed	Luke Garrett	9.51	13.23
Pyraminx	Drew Brads	1.76	2.44
Square-1	Daniel Karnaukh	6.90	8.14

The PB harvest

121 set · 30 still standing

Drew Brads — 4×4 single 23.10: into the top 0.34% of the event's history.
Moshi Tang — 3×3 single 6.77: into the top 1.1% of the event's history.
Blake Thompson — 5×5 single 56.96: into the top 4.1% of the event's history.
Stanley Nerkowski IV — 3×3 single 9.57: into the top 6.3% of the event's history.
Joe Norton — Pyraminx single 4.27: into the top 9.0% of the event's history.
Kyle Miller — Square-1 single 12.05: into the top 10.0% of the event's history.
Rishabh Ranjan — Pyraminx single 4.55: into the top 10.5% of the event's history.
Gavin Precurato — 2×2 single 2.90: into the top 13.1% of the event's history.

First-timers

Ten people 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

No national, continental or world records were set at this competition. That is true of most competitions.

The field

74 competitors · 475 results · 7 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. Drew Brads won it with a 6.81 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

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.