Competitions · United States

Indianapolis Cubes 2019

Indianapolis, Indiana · 16 March 2019 · 6 events · 111 competitors · 116 personal bests

Aryan Kejriwal won three of the six events (5×5, 6×6, 7×7) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Lucas Etter by 0.11 seconds. 111 competitors produced 116 personal bests, 47 of which still stand today, and 30 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Branden Swarthout took a 3×3 single of 39.42 down to 17.26, 56 percent better in one day.

Three wins

Aryan Kejriwal — 5×5, 6×6, 7×7

0.11s

closest final — 2×2, Lucas Etter over Luke Van Laningham

116

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Andy Denney	6.80	7.65
2×2	Lucas Etter	1.35	1.63
4×4	Lucas Etter	28.21	31.16
5×5	Aryan Kejriwal	51.97	55.51
6×6	Aryan Kejriwal	1:33.09	1:38.65
7×7	Aryan Kejriwal	2:01.28	2:14.88

The PB harvest

116 set · 47 still standing

Luke Van Laningham — 3×3 single 6.15: into the top 0.58% of the event's history.
Sam Malone — 2×2 single 2.62: into the top 10.1% of the event's history.
Aryan Paliwal — 4×4 single 38.42: into the top 10.2% of the event's history.
Jordan Seigel — 4×4 single 43.07: into the top 15.8% of the event's history.
Riley Madden — 3×3 single 13.08: into the top 17.7% of the event's history.
Ryan Cole — 2×2 single 3.38: into the top 18.7% of the event's history.
Nick Jackson — 4×4 single 45.96: into the top 19.5% of the event's history.
Andrew Brinker — 3×3 single 13.72: into the top 20.0% of the event's history.

First-timers

30 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 27,871 people who made their debut in 2019. 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

111 competitors · 492 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. Andy Denney won it with a 7.65 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

111 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.