Competitions · United States

Don't Pop Princeton 2024

Princeton, New Jersey · 23 March 2024 · 5 events · 83 competitors · 96 personal bests

Benjamin Wei won three of the five events (5×5, 6×6, 7×7) and the closest final was the Clock, won by Kyle Meade by 0.45 seconds. 83 competitors produced 96 personal bests, 28 of which still stand today, and 13 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Ryan Kern took a Pyraminx single of 14.83 down to 7.14, 52 percent better in one day.

Three wins

Benjamin Wei — 5×5, 6×6, 7×7

0.45s

closest final — Clock, Kyle Meade over Ayden Dincher

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
5×5	Benjamin Wei	45.73	47.98
6×6	Benjamin Wei	1:24.82	1:26.37
7×7	Benjamin Wei	1:55.78	2:03.35
Clock	Kyle Meade	2.97	4.02
Pyraminx	Daniel Goodman	1.44	2.29

The PB harvest

96 set · 28 still standing

Max Chan — Pyraminx single 1.61: into the top 0.56% of the event's history.
Kyle Meade — Clock single 2.97: into the top 0.71% of the event's history.
Ishan Donavalli — Pyraminx single 2.22: into the top 1.5% of the event's history.
Shaun Mack — Clock single 3.58: into the top 1.6% of the event's history.
Gavin Gruppuso — Pyraminx single 2.29: into the top 1.7% of the event's history.
Charlie Vater — Pyraminx single 2.81: into the top 3.0% of the event's history.
Daniel Greigg — Pyraminx single 3.10: into the top 4.0% of the event's history.
Daniel Karnaukh — 7×7 single 2:32.25: into the top 4.1% of the event's history.

First-timers

13 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 32,954 people who made their debut in 2024. 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

83 competitors · 450 results · 5 events.

Everyone who competed

83 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.