Competitions · United States

Empire State Fall 2019

Albany, New York · 12 October 2019 · 13 events · 90 competitors · 136 personal bests

Phillip Lewicki won four of the 13 events (3×3, 5×5, 3×3 one-handed) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Phillip Lewicki by 0.03 seconds. 90 competitors produced 136 personal bests, 37 of which still stand today, and 14 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Sadiq Ahmed set the 3×3 one-handed single national record: 14.16.

Four wins

Phillip Lewicki — 3×3, 5×5, 3×3 one-handed, Megaminx

0.03s

closest final — 3×3, Phillip Lewicki over Luke Garrett

136

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Phillip Lewicki	6.39	7.61
4×4	Kevin Costello III	24.80	28.99
5×5	Phillip Lewicki	52.22	1:01.41
6×6	Evan Liu	1:53.32	1:56.29
7×7	Evan Liu	2:52.04	2:56.34
3×3 blindfolded	Christopher Sun	41.01	—
3×3 one-handed	Phillip Lewicki	12.61	13.29
Clock	Evan Liu	4.58	5.88
Megaminx	Phillip Lewicki	35.01	40.65
Pyraminx	Luke Garrett	2.79	4.43
Skewb	Aedan Bryant	3.20	4.04
Square-1	Jackey Zheng	8.81	9.74
3×3 with feet	Luke Garrett	30.92	37.00

The PB harvest

136 set · 37 still standing

Yiyue Yin (殷一越) — 3×3 single 10.66: into the top 9.4% of the event's history.
Yizhi Hu (胡一之) — 3×3 one-handed single 16.12: into the top 10.5% of the event's history.
Jordan Santiago — 3×3 single 11.30: into the top 11.4% of the event's history.
Jacob Levine — 3×3 single 11.65: into the top 12.7% of the event's history.
Jacob Levine — 4×4 single 41.80: into the top 14.3% of the event's history.
Jordan Santiago — Pyraminx single 5.73: into the top 18.0% of the event's history.
Dylan Chan — 3×3 with feet single 1:05.02: into the top 18.7% of the event's history.
Jacob Levine — 5×5 single 1:19.75: into the top 18.9% of the event's history.

First-timers

14 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

1 regional record was set at this competition.

The field

90 competitors · 646 results · 13 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. Phillip Lewicki won it with a 7.61 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

90 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.