Competitions · United States

Liberty Science Center Open 2018

Jersey City, New Jersey · 8 December 2018 · 5 events · 108 competitors · 115 personal bests

Daniel Gutierrez won the 3×3 with a 7.78 and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Krish Shah-Nathwani by 0.07 seconds. 108 competitors produced 115 personal bests, 37 of which still stand today, and 20 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Sadiq Ahmed set the 6×6 single national record: 3:28.03.

events decided

0.07s

closest final — 2×2, Krish Shah-Nathwani over Kymberlyn Calderon

115

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Daniel Gutierrez	6.76	7.78
2×2	Krish Shah-Nathwani	2.17	2.68
6×6	Michael Gottlieb	2:07.39	2:09.56
3×3 one-handed	Parker Trager	13.37	14.05
Pyraminx	Jinseo Hong	2.74	3.46

The PB harvest

115 set · 37 still standing

Anthony Tan — 2×2 single 2.22: into the top 6.4% of the event's history.
Paul Aguirre — 3×3 single 9.90: into the top 7.2% of the event's history.
Nicholas DelFranco — 2×2 single 2.51: into the top 9.0% of the event's history.
James Karras — Pyraminx single 4.63: into the top 11.0% of the event's history.
Aaron Thammavongxay — 3×3 single 11.25: into the top 11.3% of the event's history.
Leah Shefferman — 3×3 one-handed single 16.79: into the top 12.1% of the event's history.
Joshua David Costello — 3×3 single 11.55: into the top 12.3% of the event's history.
James Hoffman — 3×3 single 13.24: into the top 18.3% of the event's history.

First-timers

20 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

108 competitors · 456 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. Daniel Gutierrez won it with a 7.78 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

108 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.