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Hawaiʻi Big Island Winter 2024

Waimea (Kamuela), Hawaii · 10 February 2024 · 7 events · 38 competitors · 39 personal bests

Matty Hiroto Inaba won three of the seven events (3×3, 4×4, 3×3 one-handed) and the closest final was the Skewb, won by Taj Bressert by 0.40 seconds. 38 competitors produced 39 personal bests, 8 of which still stand today, and 14 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Bo Bluhm took a Pyraminx single of 12.04 down to 4.72, 61 percent better in one day.

Three wins
Matty Hiroto Inaba — 3×3, 4×4, 3×3 one-handed
0.40s
closest final — Skewb, Taj Bressert over Ezra Severson
39
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Matty Hiroto Inaba4.615.80
2×2Ezra Severson1.781.92
4×4Matty Hiroto Inaba22.6724.15
3×3 one-handedMatty Hiroto Inaba10.1110.68
MegaminxMichael Chai (柴天方)48.4850.01
PyraminxTravis Dumaran2.683.36
SkewbTaj Bressert2.864.57

The PB harvest

39 set · 8 still standing
  • Taitum Tanouye — 3×3 one-handed single 15.20: into the top 8.5% of the event's history.
  • Bo Bluhm — Pyraminx single 4.72: into the top 11.5% of the event's history.
  • Ella Rubio — Pyraminx single 5.67: into the top 17.6% of the event's history.
  • Kealoha Morimoto — Megaminx single 1:25.09: into the top 25.0% of the event's history.
  • Bennett Tice — Pyraminx single 7.00: into the top 27.9% of the event's history.
  • Darwin Williams — Skewb single 8.95: into the top 48.1% of the event's history.
  • Kealoha Morimoto — 3×3 one-handed single 30.79: into the top 48.4% of the event's history.
  • Bo Bluhm — 2×2 single 7.16: into the top 61.7% of the event's history.

First-timers

14 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

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

The field

38 competitors · 231 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. Matty Hiroto Inaba won it with a 5.80 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

38 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.