Competitions · United States

Kew Forest Open 2018

Forest Hills, New York · 22 September 2018 · 6 events · 109 competitors · 105 personal bests

AJ Kamal won the 3×3 with a 7.72 and the closest final was the Skewb, won by Parker Trager by 0.02 seconds. 109 competitors produced 105 personal bests, 30 of which still stand today, and 24 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Leudy Rodríguez set the 4×4 average national record: 43.09.

events decided

0.02s

closest final — Skewb, Parker Trager over Livia Kleiner

105

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	AJ Kamal	7.31	7.72
4×4	Chris Choi	27.42	30.58
3×3 one-handed	Daniel Karnaukh	11.24	14.25
Megaminx	Nicolas Naing	34.93	35.67
Pyraminx	Saransh Grover	2.54	3.12
Skewb	Parker Trager	3.77	4.13

The PB harvest

105 set · 30 still standing

AJ Kamal — Pyraminx single 1.77: into the top 0.78% of the event's history.
Christopher Ng — 3×3 single 8.48: into the top 3.7% of the event's history.
Chris Choi — Megaminx single 50.69: into the top 5.4% of the event's history.
Leah Shefferman — 3×3 single 9.43: into the top 5.9% of the event's history.
Jenny Asuzano — 3×3 single 9.64: into the top 6.5% of the event's history.
Jedidiah Chung — 3×3 single 9.89: into the top 7.1% of the event's history.
Leo Lin — 3×3 single 10.72: into the top 9.6% of the event's history.
Charles J. Lee — Pyraminx single 4.75: into the top 11.7% of the event's history.

First-timers

24 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

1 regional record was set at this competition.

The field

109 competitors · 504 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. AJ Kamal won it with a 7.72 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

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solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

109 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.