Competitions · United States

Lions Cubing 2018

Albany, Wisconsin · 21 January 2018 · 6 events · 94 competitors · 94 personal bests

SeungBeom Cho (조승범) won four of the six events (3×3, 4×4, 5×5) and the closest final was the 4×4, won by SeungBeom Cho (조승범) by 0.28 seconds. 94 competitors produced 94 personal bests, 29 of which still stand today, and 31 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Kyle Joe Morgan Dietrich took a 3×3 single of 46.28 down to 21.49, 54 percent better in one day.

Four wins

SeungBeom Cho (조승범) — 3×3, 4×4, 5×5, 3×3 one-handed

0.28s

closest final — 4×4, SeungBeom Cho (조승범) over Brian Johnson

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	SeungBeom Cho (조승범)	6.38	7.68
4×4	SeungBeom Cho (조승범)	31.59	34.79
5×5	SeungBeom Cho (조승범)	57.85	1:01.18
7×7	James Hildreth	2:48.22	2:54.59
3×3 blindfolded	Cale Schoon	40.92	45.71
3×3 one-handed	SeungBeom Cho (조승범)	13.93	14.19

The PB harvest

94 set · 29 still standing

CJ Sheng — 3×3 single 7.21: into the top 1.6% of the event's history.
Henry H. La — 3×3 one-handed single 15.11: into the top 8.3% of the event's history.
SeungBeom Cho (조승범) — 7×7 single 2:52.26: into the top 8.5% of the event's history.
Rohan Jain — 3×3 single 11.10: into the top 10.8% of the event's history.
Nolan Braier — 3×3 single 12.61: into the top 16.1% of the event's history.
Slater Metz — 3×3 single 12.81: into the top 16.8% of the event's history.
Alicen Barowsky — 3×3 single 13.10: into the top 17.8% of the event's history.
Sam Gentz — 4×4 single 49.48: into the top 24.1% of the event's history.

First-timers

31 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

94 competitors · 351 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. SeungBeom Cho (조승범) won it with a 7.68 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

94 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.