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CubingUSA Great Lakes Championship 2018

Fort Wayne, Indiana · 18 May 2018 · 17 events · 191 competitors · 355 personal bests

Stanley Chapel won six of the 17 events (5×5, 7×7, 3×3 blindfolded) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Andy Denney by 0.02 seconds. 191 competitors produced 355 personal bests, 111 of which still stand today, and 45 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A world record

Stanley Chapel set the 4×4 blindfolded single world record: 1:29.42.

Six wins
Stanley Chapel — 5×5, 7×7, 3×3 blindfolded, Clock, 4×4 blindfolded, 3×3 Multi-Blind
0.02s
closest final — 3×3, Andy Denney over Luke Garrett
355
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Andy Denney7.548.62
2×2Brian Johnson1.352.23
4×4Brian Johnson31.9333.12
5×5Stanley Chapel58.5359.67
6×6James Hildreth2:02.272:04.74
7×7Stanley Chapel3:00.953:07.31
3×3 blindfoldedStanley Chapel25.6626.87
3×3 Fewest MovesMark Boyanowski26 moves27.00
3×3 one-handedConnor Kempf13.9114.45
ClockStanley Chapel5.196.93
MegaminxAndy Denney40.4843.02
PyraminxLuke Van Laningham2.083.09
SkewbLuke Van Laningham3.053.65
Square-1Nathan Dwyer10.4411.90
4×4 blindfoldedStanley Chapel1:29.42—
5×5 blindfoldedIvan Krueger——
3×3 Multi-BlindStanley Chapel21 of 23 cubes · 45:11—

The PB harvest

355 set · 111 still standing
  • James Hildreth — 2×2 single 1.19: into the top 1.0% of the event's history.
  • Max Lau — 2×2 single 1.28: into the top 1.3% of the event's history.
  • Connor Kempf — 3×3 single 7.22: into the top 1.6% of the event's history.
  • Jack Ehlert — 2×2 single 1.39: into the top 1.7% of the event's history.
  • Samuel Thomas — 2×2 single 1.64: into the top 2.8% of the event's history.
  • Justin Xu — Pyraminx single 3.48: into the top 5.4% of the event's history.
  • Stanley Nerkowski IV — 2×2 single 2.12: into the top 5.6% of the event's history.
  • Ben Zoller — 3×3 Fewest Moves single 26 moves: into the top 6.2% of the event's history.

First-timers

45 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

2 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

191 competitors · 1587 results · 17 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 8.62 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

191 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.