Competitions · United States

Houston Winter 2020

Houston, Texas · 25 January 2020 · 6 events · 175 competitors · 132 personal bests

Max Park won five of the six events (3×3, 4×4, 5×5) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Max Park by 1.92 seconds. 175 competitors produced 132 personal bests, 57 of which still stand today, and 83 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A world record

Max Park set the 5×5 single world record: 34.92.

Five wins

Max Park — 3×3, 4×4, 5×5, 6×6, 7×7

1.92s

closest final — 3×3, Max Park over Dylan Miller

132

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Max Park	5.89	6.45
4×4	Max Park	20.80	22.75
5×5	Max Park	34.92	40.07
6×6	Max Park	1:09.51	1:15.90
7×7	Max Park	1:42.12	1:46.57
Skewb	Riley Norrid	2.80	3.10

The PB harvest

132 set · 57 still standing

Caleb Raphael — 3×3 single 7.69: into the top 2.3% of the event's history.
Vinny Vecchio — 4×4 single 35.56: into the top 7.2% of the event's history.
Michael Wang — 3×3 single 10.57: into the top 9.2% of the event's history.
Srijan Datta — 3×3 single 11.24: into the top 11.2% of the event's history.
Nathaniel Elijah Paz — 3×3 single 11.41: into the top 11.8% of the event's history.
Ronald Ocampo Martínez — 3×3 single 11.58: into the top 12.4% of the event's history.
Jack Rysz — Skewb single 4.40: into the top 13.7% of the event's history.
Ronald Ocampo Martínez — 4×4 single 42.80: into the top 15.5% of the event's history.

First-timers

83 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 4,608 people who made their debut in 2020. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

4 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

175 competitors · 593 results · 6 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. Max Park won it with a 6.45 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

175 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.