Competitions · United States

Idaho Championship 2024

Meridian, Idaho · 2 November 2024 · 13 events · 65 competitors · 154 personal bests

Wilson Hettinger won three of the 13 events (3×3 one-handed, Clock, Square-1) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by James Wei by 0.08 seconds. 65 competitors produced 154 personal bests, 73 of which still stand today, and eight people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Lowen Shattuck took a Clock single of 14.98 down to 5.96, 60 percent better in one day.

Three wins

Wilson Hettinger — 3×3 one-handed, Clock, Square-1

0.08s

closest final — 2×2, James Wei over Caiden Lee

154

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Michael Lee	5.92	7.27
2×2	James Wei	1.99	2.86
4×4	Ethan George Hayes	32.50	34.68
5×5	Ian Lawson	59.46	1:02.75
6×6	Cade Beck	2:05.73	2:12.85
7×7	Cade Beck	3:04.96	3:14.75
3×3 blindfolded	Derek McNee	36.49	—
3×3 one-handed	Wilson Hettinger	12.83	13.88
Clock	Wilson Hettinger	3.70	4.52
Megaminx	Corbin Rodriguez	51.27	58.12
Pyraminx	Corbin Rodriguez	1.48	2.69
Skewb	Michael Lee	4.37	4.52
Square-1	Wilson Hettinger	7.31	10.19

The PB harvest

154 set · 73 still standing

Michael Lee — 3×3 single 4.98: into the top 0.12% of the event's history.
Ian Lawson — 3×3 single 6.96: into the top 1.3% of the event's history.
James Wei — 3×3 single 7.11: into the top 1.5% of the event's history.
Wilson Hettinger — Square-1 single 7.31: into the top 2.2% of the event's history.
Caiden Lee — 3×3 one-handed single 11.33: into the top 2.2% of the event's history.
Wilson Hettinger — Pyraminx single 2.52: into the top 2.2% of the event's history.
James Wei — 2×2 single 1.99: into the top 4.7% of the event's history.
Eli Harker — 2×2 single 2.06: into the top 5.2% of the event's history.

First-timers

Eight 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

65 competitors · 565 results · 13 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. Michael Lee won it with a 7.27 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

65 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.