Competitions · United States
Hawaii 2018
Honolulu, Hawaii · 24 November 2018 · 9 events · 43 competitors · 35 personal bests
Matty Hiroto Inaba won three of the nine events (3×3, 4×4, 5×5) and the closest final was the Pyraminx, won by Marcus Kamen by 0.18 seconds. 43 competitors produced 35 personal bests, 10 of which still stand today, and 19 people held a competitor card for the first time.
The moment
The day's biggest improvement
Asher Kim-Magierek took a 2×2 single of 1.71 down to 0.95, 44 percent better in one day.
Winners & podiums
| Event | Winner | Single | Average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | Matty Hiroto Inaba | 6.67 | 7.70 |
| 2×2 | Krish Shah-Nathwani | 1.54 | 1.85 |
| 4×4 | Matty Hiroto Inaba | 29.44 | 32.46 |
| 5×5 | Matty Hiroto Inaba | 54.57 | 58.15 |
| 3×3 blindfolded | Krish Shah-Nathwani | 1:32.94 | — |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | Kit Clement | 24 moves | 25.67 |
| 3×3 one-handed | Eric Zhao | 13.22 | 15.42 |
| Pyraminx | Marcus Kamen | 3.10 | 3.46 |
| Square-1 | Krish Shah-Nathwani | 10.55 | 13.13 |
The PB harvest
35 set · 10 still standing- Nathaniel Berg — 3×3 one-handed single 12.89: into the top 4.2% of the event's history.
- Taiga Takaoka (高岡汰虎) — 3×3 Fewest Moves single 28 moves: into the top 9.9% of the event's history.
- Hudson Sakai — 3×3 single 12.01: into the top 13.9% of the event's history.
- Hudson Sakai — Square-1 single 15.49: into the top 17.5% of the event's history.
- Hudson Sakai — 5×5 single 1:28.11: into the top 25.8% of the event's history.
- Hitoki Kidahashi (木田橋仁毅) — Square-1 single 24.71: into the top 38.6% of the event's history.
- Aiden Burkholder — 3×3 one-handed single 31.42: into the top 49.9% of the event's history.
- Aiden Burkholder — 5×5 single 2:10.19: into the top 55.6% of the event's history.
First-timers
19 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
43 competitors · 266 results · 9 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. Matty Hiroto Inaba won it with a 7.70 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.
- 1
D2 B2 L2 B2 D' R2 F2 D2 F2 D R2 F' R D L R2 U' L2 R2 U - 2
U R' L2 B R' F R' U B R2 F R2 U' D2 F2 B2 R2 U2 D' - 3
U2 F U2 L2 F D2 R2 U2 B' L' R' D R F2 U' F' U2 R D F - 4
B2 U' R2 U F2 D2 F L U B D B2 D' L2 R' U' F' R' - 5
R2 D' R2 D L2 F2 D2 U R2 U2 B L' U F D L R2 D2 U' R F'
solve 1
solve 2
solve 3
solve 4
solve 5
Race this final
Everyone who competed
43 competitors- Aiden Burkholder
- Ant Irizarry
- Asher Kim-Magierek
- Ashley Gray
- Benjamin Yune Kim
- Brandon Harnish
- Brian Rock
- Bulla Lepen
- Cody Lee
- Craig Dansie
- Cynthia La Follette
- David Akamine
- Eric Zhao
- Evan Miyashiro
- Evan Quintanar
- Gabriel Lippert
- Hitoki Kidahashi (木田橋仁毅)
- Hudson Sakai
- Irene Wung
- Isaac Workman
- John Jesock Ramos
- Kealoha Morimoto
- Kevin M. Hodge
- Kimi Weng
- Kit Clement
- Kotaro Terada (寺田晃太朗)
- Krish Shah-Nathwani
- Lauren Clement
- Marcus Kamen
- Matty Hiroto Inaba
- Micah Platt
- Nathaniel Berg
- Natsu Katayama
- Nitin Subramanian
- Ryan Jew
- Sebastian Satullo-Yamashita
- Seita Katayama (片山誓汰)
- Sydney Weaver
- Taiga Takaoka (高岡汰虎)
- Taylor Krista Quintanar
- Vinicius Byrne
- Wendy Rock
- Yuuki Kobayashi (古林祐輝)
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.