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Helena 2024

East Helena, Montana · 13 April 2024 · 9 events · 20 competitors · 25 personal bests

Clément Cherblanc won nine of the nine events (3×3, 2×2, 4×4) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Clément Cherblanc by 0.34 seconds. 20 competitors produced 25 personal bests, 9 of which still stand today, and five people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Dan Noland took a 2×2 single of 15.32 down to 8.95, 42 percent better in one day.

Nine wins
Clément Cherblanc — 3×3, 2×2, 4×4, 6×6, 7×7, 3×3 blindfolded, 3×3 Fewest Moves, Clock, Megaminx
0.34s
closest final — 3×3, Clément Cherblanc over Lucas Chandler Moorehead
25
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Clément Cherblanc8.049.36
2×2Clément Cherblanc2.572.99
4×4Clément Cherblanc30.8936.02
6×6Clément Cherblanc1:52.511:57.54
7×7Clément Cherblanc3:13.433:20.87
3×3 blindfoldedClément Cherblanc1:36.73
3×3 Fewest MovesClément Cherblanc28 moves
ClockClément Cherblanc7.408.00
MegaminxClément Cherblanc54.5655.79

The PB harvest

25 set · 9 still standing
  • Lucas Chandler Moorehead — 2×2 single 1.36: into the top 1.6% of the event's history.
  • Colton Hulin — Megaminx single 1:04.56: into the top 12.4% of the event's history.
  • Wilson Littman — 2×2 single 3.40: into the top 19.0% of the event's history.
  • Sam Noland — 2×2 single 3.49: into the top 20.1% of the event's history.
  • Kegan Stipe — 4×4 single 1:15.07: into the top 51.7% of the event's history.
  • Trenton Dell — 4×4 single 1:37.95: into the top 69.3% of the event's history.
  • Trenton Dell — Clock single 22.42: into the top 71.2% of the event's history.
  • Kegan Stipe — 6×6 single 5:14.20: into the top 84.1% 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

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

The field

20 competitors · 156 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. Clément Cherblanc won it with a 9.36 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

20 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.