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Hasty Hastings 2024

Hastings · 23 November 2024 · 7 events · 18 competitors · 27 personal bests

Jack McDougall won three of the seven events (2×2, 3×3 blindfolded, Skewb) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Jack McDougall by 0.21 seconds. 18 competitors produced 27 personal bests, 10 of which still stand today, and five people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A continental record

Lachlan Gibson set the Clock average continental record: 2.64.

Three wins
Jack McDougall — 2×2, 3×3 blindfolded, Skewb
0.21s
closest final — 2×2, Jack McDougall over Levi Hetherington
27
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Chris Mills5.906.92
2×2Jack McDougall1.351.93
4×4Chris Mills26.4028.81
3×3 blindfoldedJack McDougall56.50
ClockLachlan Gibson2.904.24
PyraminxDylan Himmelfarb2.242.69
SkewbJack McDougall2.323.67

The PB harvest

27 set · 10 still standing
  • Riley Wicks — Clock single 3.63: into the top 1.7% of the event's history.
  • Riley Wicks — Skewb single 2.91: into the top 4.6% of the event's history.
  • Henry Rutland — 3×3 single 10.34: into the top 8.5% of the event's history.
  • Tyler Dipper — Pyraminx single 4.32: into the top 9.3% of the event's history.
  • William Jackson — Clock single 6.86: into the top 10.4% of the event's history.
  • Henry Rutland — Skewb single 4.87: into the top 17.2% of the event's history.
  • Connor Davies-Harrison — 2×2 single 4.99: into the top 39.2% of the event's history.
  • Connor Davies-Harrison — 3×3 single 25.55: into the top 53.8% of the event's history.

First-timers

Five 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

1 regional record was set at this competition.

The field

18 competitors · 161 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. Chris Mills won it with a 6.92 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

18 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.