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CubingUSA Heartland Championship 2018

Minneapolis, Minnesota · 9 March 2018 · 18 events · 161 competitors · 342 personal bests

Kevin Hays won five of the 18 events (3×3, 4×4, 5×5) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Brian Johnson by 0.10 seconds. 161 competitors produced 342 personal bests, 103 of which still stand today, and 30 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A world record

Daniel Rose-Levine set the 3×3 with feet single world record: 16.96.

Five wins
Kevin Hays — 3×3, 4×4, 5×5, 6×6, 7×7
0.10s
closest final — 2×2, Brian Johnson over Daniel Rose-Levine
342
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Kevin Hays7.858.52
2×2Brian Johnson1.271.71
4×4Kevin Hays26.2429.75
5×5Kevin Hays48.3251.99
6×6Kevin Hays1:27.101:31.73
7×7Kevin Hays2:02.902:09.61
3×3 blindfoldedMark Boyanowski30.90—
3×3 Fewest MovesMark Boyanowski24 moves28.33
3×3 one-handedJustin Mallari12.1213.29
ClockJoshua Feran5.486.64
MegaminxDana Yi44.8550.99
PyraminxSimon Kellum1.863.12
SkewbCarter Kucala2.693.03
Square-1Brian Johnson8.8711.15
4×4 blindfoldedCale Schoon1:57.572:10.58
5×5 blindfoldedCale Schoon5:17.02—
3×3 Multi-BlindMark Boyanowski36 of 42 cubes · 57:58—
3×3 with feetDaniel Rose-Levine22.4230.33

The PB harvest

342 set · 103 still standing
  • Luigi Soriano — 3×3 Fewest Moves single 24 moves: into the top 4.0% of the event's history.
  • David Jiang (蒋濬哲) — Pyraminx single 3.27: into the top 4.6% of the event's history.
  • Max Lombard — Pyraminx single 3.59: into the top 5.8% of the event's history.
  • Hunter Mohs — 2×2 single 2.25: into the top 6.6% of the event's history.
  • Garrett Webster — 2×2 single 2.34: into the top 7.4% of the event's history.
  • Miles Krueger — 2×2 single 2.34: into the top 7.4% of the event's history.
  • Logan McGraw — Skewb single 3.49: into the top 7.7% of the event's history.
  • David Golisch — 2×2 single 2.48: into the top 8.7% of the event's history.

First-timers

30 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

4 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

161 competitors · 1567 results · 18 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. Kevin Hays won it with a 8.52 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

161 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.