Competitions · Republic of Korea

KAIST Spring 2017

대전광역시 (Daejeon) · 9 April 2017 · 6 events · 81 competitors · 67 personal bests

Seung Hyuk Nahm (남승혁) won three of the six events (3×3, 2×2, 4×4) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Seung Hyuk Nahm (남승혁) by 0.29 seconds. 81 competitors produced 67 personal bests, 23 of which still stand today, and 26 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A continental record

Seung Hyuk Nahm (남승혁) set the 4×4 single continental record: 22.46.

Three wins

Seung Hyuk Nahm (남승혁) — 3×3, 2×2, 4×4

0.29s

closest final — 2×2, Seung Hyuk Nahm (남승혁) over Jong-Ho Jeong (정종호)

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Seung Hyuk Nahm (남승혁)	6.31	6.86
2×2	Seung Hyuk Nahm (남승혁)	1.31	2.58
4×4	Seung Hyuk Nahm (남승혁)	22.46	27.13
Clock	Yunho Nam (남윤호)	6.42	6.91
Pyraminx	Dohyun Kim (김도현)	2.52	3.16
Skewb	Doyul Kim (김도율)	3.64	3.99

The PB harvest

67 set · 23 still standing

Shin Myeong Park (박신명) — 3×3 single 7.75: into the top 2.4% of the event's history.
Han Dong-Hee (한동희) — 4×4 single 43.63: into the top 16.6% of the event's history.
Gyu-hyeon Lee — 2×2 single 3.28: into the top 17.5% of the event's history.
Hyeon-jun Jang (장현준) — 2×2 single 3.37: into the top 18.6% of the event's history.
Hyeon-jun Jang (장현준) — 3×3 single 13.88: into the top 20.5% of the event's history.
Ji Hee Bang (방지희) — 4×4 single 46.92: into the top 20.7% of the event's history.
Yeong Jae Kim (김영재) — 3×3 single 14.96: into the top 24.3% of the event's history.
Gyu-hyeon Lee — 3×3 single 16.90: into the top 30.7% of the event's history.

First-timers

26 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 23,482 people who made their debut in 2017. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

3 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

81 competitors · 306 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. Seung Hyuk Nahm (남승혁) won it with a 6.86 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

81 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.