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Fall Foliage Cubing 2018

Marlton, New Jersey · 20 October 2018 · 6 events · 68 competitors · 56 personal bests

Patrick Ponce won four of the six events (3×3, 4×4, 5×5) and the closest final was the 3×3 one-handed, won by Patrick Ponce by 0.11 seconds. 68 competitors produced 56 personal bests, 9 of which still stand today, and 15 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A continental record

Nicolas Naing set the Megaminx single continental record: 31.96.

Four wins
Patrick Ponce — 3×3, 4×4, 5×5, 3×3 one-handed
0.11s
closest final — 3×3 one-handed, Patrick Ponce over Keaton Ellis
56
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Patrick Ponce5.967.34
4×4Patrick Ponce24.1426.33
5×5Patrick Ponce53.5854.02
3×3 one-handedPatrick Ponce10.9012.12
MegaminxNicolas Naing31.9637.99
Square-1Eva Kato6.358.34

The PB harvest

56 set · 9 still standing
  • Eeshan Khurana — 3×3 single 6.78: into the top 1.1% of the event's history.
  • Jared Wyce — 3×3 single 10.74: into the top 9.7% of the event's history.
  • Tejas Kashyap — 3×3 single 14.49: into the top 22.7% of the event's history.
  • Nihar Tantry — 3×3 single 14.69: into the top 23.4% of the event's history.
  • Daniel Hufnagle — 3×3 single 17.21: into the top 31.7% of the event's history.
  • Stanley Sha — 3×3 one-handed single 24.20: into the top 32.0% of the event's history.
  • Anish Suresh — 4×4 single 57.20: into the top 33.4% of the event's history.
  • Anton Zholobov — 3×3 single 24.20: into the top 50.8% of the event's history.

First-timers

15 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 26,076 people who made their debut in 2018. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

1 regional record was set at this competition.

The field

68 competitors · 297 results · 6 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. Patrick Ponce won it with a 7.34 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

68 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.