Competitions · United States

Empire State ALL1-Stars 2026

Albany, New York · 31 October 2026 · 10 events · 66 competitors · 75 personal bests

Patrick Ponce won three of the ten events (4×4, 5×5, 6×6) and the closest final was the Skewb, won by William Lavoie by 0.10 seconds. 66 competitors produced 75 personal bests, and four people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Shaher Naser set the 3×3 Fewest Moves single national record: 30 moves.

Three wins

Patrick Ponce — 4×4, 5×5, 6×6

0.10s

closest final — Skewb, William Lavoie over Quinn Maloney

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Dylan Miller	5.39	6.18
2×2	William Lavoie	1.44	1.67
4×4	Patrick Ponce	21.18	23.79
5×5	Patrick Ponce	36.33	41.83
6×6	Patrick Ponce	1:15.71	1:19.19
7×7	Jeffrey Li	1:59.38	2:01.91
3×3 Fewest Moves	Elliot Wiecek	19 moves	20.33
Clock	Rex Ozsvath	3.29	3.95
Skewb	William Lavoie	0.98	1.77
Square-1	Ryan Pilat	5.84	6.59

The PB harvest

75 set · 75 still standing

William Lavoie — Skewb single 0.98: into the top 0.039% of the event's history.
William Lavoie — Square-1 single 6.16: into the top 0.92% of the event's history.
Ethan Qiu — 4×4 single 29.29: into the top 2.5% of the event's history.
Yuki Nagai — Square-1 single 8.19: into the top 3.3% of the event's history.
Blue Glynn — 3×3 single 8.42: into the top 3.6% of the event's history.
Brandon Villadolid — Square-1 single 8.52: into the top 3.8% of the event's history.
Jeffrey Li — Clock single 5.49: into the top 5.7% of the event's history.
Sonia Goodson — 3×3 single 10.07: into the top 7.7% of the event's history.

First-timers

Four people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 23,926 people who made their debut in 2026. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

2 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

66 competitors · 615 results · 10 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. Dylan Miller won it with a 6.18 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

66 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.