Competitions · United States

Incredible Pencil Mania 2018

Lancaster, Pennsylvania · 10 February 2018 · 11 events · 294 competitors · 384 personal bests

Patrick Ponce won four of the eleven events (3×3, 4×4, 5×5) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Patrick Ponce by 0.12 seconds. 294 competitors produced 384 personal bests, 71 of which still stand today, and 89 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Owen Brooks took a 3×3 one-handed single of 1:47.71 down to 27.58, 74 percent better in one day.

Four wins

Patrick Ponce — 3×3, 4×4, 5×5, 6×6

0.12s

closest final — 3×3, Patrick Ponce over Phillip Lewicki

384

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Patrick Ponce	7.23	7.94
2×2	Luigi Soriano	1.89	2.28
4×4	Patrick Ponce	22.34	28.27
5×5	Patrick Ponce	53.61	54.92
6×6	Patrick Ponce	1:46.35	1:54.13
7×7	Aryan Kejriwal	2:24.04	2:29.44
3×3 one-handed	Justin Mallari	10.06	11.23
Megaminx	AJ Kamal	44.08	48.50
Pyraminx	Daniel Goodman	2.44	2.75
Skewb	Alex Maass	3.00	3.78
Square-1	Brandon Lin (林博浩)	7.47	10.07

The PB harvest

384 set · 71 still standing

Vinny Vecchio — 3×3 single 8.44: into the top 3.6% of the event's history.
Corbin Aquino — 3×3 single 9.35: into the top 5.7% of the event's history.
Carson Hertrick — 3×3 single 10.91: into the top 10.2% of the event's history.
Krish Kanwar — Skewb single 3.92: into the top 10.3% of the event's history.
Ben MacGregor — Skewb single 4.28: into the top 12.9% of the event's history.
Corey Stark — 2×2 single 3.02: into the top 14.5% of the event's history.
Aaron Macko — Skewb single 4.61: into the top 15.3% of the event's history.
Marcus Ho — 2×2 single 3.12: into the top 15.6% of the event's history.

First-timers

89 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

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

The field

294 competitors · 1929 results · 11 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. Patrick Ponce won it with a 7.94 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

294 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.