Competitions · United States

GCU Winter 2024

Lakewood, New Jersey · 13 January 2024 · 5 events · 176 competitors · 174 personal bests

Shaun Mack won two of the five events (3×3, Clock) and the closest final was the Clock, won by Shaun Mack by 0.19 seconds. 176 competitors produced 174 personal bests, 55 of which still stand today, and 28 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A continental record

Rafik Eskandar set the Clock average continental record: 5.63.

Two wins

Shaun Mack — 3×3, Clock

0.19s

closest final — Clock, Shaun Mack over Kyle Meade

174

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Shaun Mack	6.05	6.68
6×6	Livia Kleiner	1:41.80	1:46.64
Clock	Shaun Mack	4.35	4.95
Pyraminx	Marcus Kamen	1.36	2.25
Skewb	Ayden Dincher	3.03	3.54

The PB harvest

174 set · 55 still standing

Dylan Chan — Pyraminx single 1.09: into the top 0.072% of the event's history.
Eli Ozsvath — Pyraminx single 1.93: into the top 1.0% of the event's history.
Brandon Ervin — 3×3 single 9.38: into the top 5.8% of the event's history.
Alex Yu — 3×3 single 9.87: into the top 7.1% of the event's history.
Dana Yi — Clock single 6.50: into the top 9.1% of the event's history.
Christian Girardy — Clock single 6.84: into the top 10.3% of the event's history.
Masahiro Goto — Clock single 7.11: into the top 11.3% of the event's history.
Mukundh Sivaramakrishnan — Pyraminx single 4.80: into the top 12.0% of the event's history.

First-timers

28 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 32,954 people who made their debut in 2024. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

2 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

176 competitors · 761 results · 5 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. Shaun Mack won it with a 6.68 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

176 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.