Competitions · United States

Irvine Winter 2018

Irvine, California · 17 February 2018 · 5 events · 95 competitors · 116 personal bests

Danny SungIn Park won two of the five events (3×3, 3×3 one-handed) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Nathan Soria by 0.02 seconds. 95 competitors produced 116 personal bests, 42 of which still stand today, and 18 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Kyeongmin Choi (최경민) took a Skewb single of 10.13 down to 3.66, 64 percent better in one day.

Two wins

Danny SungIn Park — 3×3, 3×3 one-handed

0.02s

closest final — 2×2, Nathan Soria over Christopher Lai

116

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Danny SungIn Park	7.32	8.34
2×2	Nathan Soria	2.83	3.11
3×3 one-handed	Danny SungIn Park	10.82	12.88
Skewb	Nathan Soria	3.99	4.49
Square-1	Michael Young	8.85	11.29

The PB harvest

116 set · 42 still standing

Jabari Nuruddin — 3×3 single 6.14: into the top 0.57% of the event's history.
Nathan Soria — Skewb single 2.24: into the top 2.0% of the event's history.
Sean Saito — 2×2 single 1.70: into the top 3.1% of the event's history.
Ethan Vovan — Skewb single 2.58: into the top 3.2% of the event's history.
Sterling Puffer — Skewb single 2.92: into the top 4.6% of the event's history.
Sean Saito — Skewb single 3.11: into the top 5.5% of the event's history.
Sean Saito — 3×3 one-handed single 13.73: into the top 5.6% of the event's history.
Dominic Morton — 2×2 single 2.42: into the top 8.1% of the event's history.

First-timers

18 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

95 competitors · 351 results · 5 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. Danny SungIn Park won it with a 8.34 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

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solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

95 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.