Competitions · United States

First State 2018

Newark, Delaware · 14 July 2018 · 7 events · 94 competitors · 72 personal bests

Andy Denney won three of the seven events (3×3, 4×4, Megaminx) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Andy Denney by 0.11 seconds. 94 competitors produced 72 personal bests, 12 of which still stand today, and 18 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Calvin Brauer took a 3×3 blindfolded single of 5:57.52 down to 3:21.13, 44 percent better in one day.

Three wins

Andy Denney — 3×3, 4×4, Megaminx

0.11s

closest final — 3×3, Andy Denney over Keaton Ellis

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Andy Denney	7.30	8.17
4×4	Andy Denney	31.34	34.26
5×5	Brandon Nunez	50.68	57.12
3×3 blindfolded	Liam Chen	24.91	—
Megaminx	Andy Denney	36.77	40.11
Skewb	Livia Kleiner	4.04	4.28
4×4 blindfolded	Corey Sakowski	5:33.02	—

The PB harvest

72 set · 12 still standing

Jerich Lee — 4×4 single 34.14: into the top 6.0% of the event's history.
Rahm Bharara — 3×3 single 10.37: into the top 8.6% of the event's history.
Rahm Bharara — 4×4 single 43.48: into the top 16.4% of the event's history.
Andy Denney — 3×3 blindfolded single 1:15.31: into the top 18.0% of the event's history.
Rahm Bharara — 5×5 single 1:20.29: into the top 19.3% of the event's history.
Jared Wyce — 4×4 single 46.45: into the top 20.1% of the event's history.
Jack Thomas Atwood — Skewb single 5.69: into the top 23.4% of the event's history.
Henry Savich — 3×3 blindfolded single 2:16.44: into the top 38.8% of the event's history.

First-timers

18 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

No national, continental or world records were set at this competition. That is true of most competitions.

The field

94 competitors · 450 results · 7 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. Andy Denney won it with a 8.17 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

94 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.