Competitions · United States

Empire State Summer A 2021

Albany, New York · 31 July 2021 · 4 events · 74 competitors · 80 personal bests

Matty Hiroto Inaba won two of the four events (3×3, 4×4) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Matty Hiroto Inaba by 0.24 seconds. 74 competitors produced 80 personal bests, 11 of which still stand today, and 17 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Addy Coolidge took a Clock single of 49.36 down to 9.24, 81 percent better in one day.

Two wins

Matty Hiroto Inaba — 3×3, 4×4

0.24s

closest final — 3×3, Matty Hiroto Inaba over Patrick Ponce

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Matty Hiroto Inaba	5.50	6.24
4×4	Matty Hiroto Inaba	24.16	25.59
5×5	Patrick Ponce	46.77	49.17
Clock	Evan Liu	5.24	5.75

The PB harvest

80 set · 11 still standing

Kevin Zeng — 3×3 single 6.97: into the top 1.3% of the event's history.
Kevin Zeng — 4×4 single 33.24: into the top 5.2% of the event's history.
Jared Astrof — 5×5 single 1:02.31: into the top 6.8% of the event's history.
Ethan Cobos — 3×3 single 11.13: into the top 10.9% of the event's history.
Eva Kato — Clock single 7.79: into the top 14.2% of the event's history.
Kevin Zeng — 5×5 single 1:19.96: into the top 19.0% of the event's history.
Tyler Jung — 5×5 single 1:20.79: into the top 19.7% of the event's history.
Jay Blechman — 3×3 single 14.22: into the top 21.7% of the event's history.

First-timers

17 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 4,438 people who made their debut in 2021. 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 · 341 results · 4 events.

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.