Competitions · United States

Liberty Science Center Open B 2026

Jersey City, New Jersey · 1 March 2026 · 5 events · 69 competitors · 64 personal bests

Matty Hiroto Inaba won two of the five events (3×3, 5×5) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Zayn Khanani by 0.29 seconds. 69 competitors produced 64 personal bests, 40 of which still stand today, and seven people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Samuel Cano took a 3×3 one-handed single of 33.65 down to 17.90, 47 percent better in one day.

Two wins

Matty Hiroto Inaba — 3×3, 5×5

0.29s

closest final — 2×2, Zayn Khanani over Daniel Karnaukh

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Matty Hiroto Inaba	5.05	5.88
2×2	Zayn Khanani	1.06	1.27
5×5	Matty Hiroto Inaba	43.66	47.15
3×3 one-handed	Parker Trager	10.00	11.16
Square-1	Hassan Khanani	3.74	5.53

The PB harvest

64 set · 40 still standing

Shota Fukuoka — 3×3 one-handed single 8.93: into the top 0.48% of the event's history.
Niklas Hsu-Storaker — 3×3 single 6.31: into the top 0.69% of the event's history.
Ishan Donavalli — Square-1 single 7.54: into the top 2.4% of the event's history.
Niklas Hsu-Storaker — 5×5 single 52.58: into the top 2.5% of the event's history.
Boaz Schwartz — 3×3 single 8.13: into the top 3.0% of the event's history.
Nadiv Herrmann — 3×3 one-handed single 12.11: into the top 3.1% of the event's history.
Shai Arbisser — 3×3 single 8.22: into the top 3.2% of the event's history.
Jordan Mann — 3×3 single 8.29: into the top 3.3% of the event's history.

First-timers

Seven people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 18,546 people who made their debut in 2026. 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

69 competitors · 345 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. Matty Hiroto Inaba won it with a 5.88 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

69 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.